frontend build hints

[KITKATXU]

Hi,
my frontend build constantly fails for

1. [INFO] (node:1604) fs: re-evaluating native module sources is not supported. If you are using the graceful-fs module, please update it to a more recent version.
2. ECONFLICT Unable to find suitable version for angular-animate
3. [ERROR] D:\metanome\Metanome-master\frontend\src\node_modules\browser-sync\node_modules\localtunnel\node_modules\debug\src\node.js:132
   [ERROR] let val = process.env[key];
   [ERROR] ^^^

for problem 1: I lowered the nodejs version before executing npm install

v4.9.1
2.15.11

for problem 2: I relaxed the bounds on angular-animate in bower.json
"angular-animate": "~1",
for problem3: my lowered version of node brought new problems, so i installed node again before the gulp build execution

v4.9.1
2.15.11

My final fixed pom.xml is as follows:

4.0.0

<artifactId>frontend</artifactId>
<packaging>war</packaging>

<name>frontend</name>

<parent>
    <groupId>de.metanome</groupId>
    <artifactId>metanome</artifactId>
    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
</parent>

<properties>
    <webappDirectory>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}</webappDirectory>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.0.0</version>
            <configuration>
                <filesets>
                    <fileset>
                        <directory>src/</directory>
                        <includes>
                            <include>etc/**</include>
                            <include>.tmp/**</include>
                            <include>bower_components/**</include>
                            <include>etc/**</include>
                            <include>metanome/**</include>
                            <include>node/**</include>
                            <include>node_modules/**</include>
                            <include>src/app/config.js</include>
                        </includes>
                        <excludes>
                            <exclude>e2e/**</exclude>
                            <exclude>gulp/**</exclude>
                            <exclude>src/**</exclude>
                            <exclude>WEB-INF/**</exclude>
                            <exclude>.bowerrc</exclude>
                            <exclude>.editorconfig</exclude>
                            <exclude>.jshintrc</exclude>
                            <exclude>.yo-rc.json</exclude>
                            <exclude>bower.json</exclude>
                            <exclude>gulpfile.js</exclude>
                            <exclude>karma.conf.js</exclude>
                            <exclude>package.json</exclude>
                            <exclude>protractor.conf.js</exclude>
                        </excludes>
                        <followSymlinks>false</followSymlinks>
                    </fileset>
                </filesets>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>

        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.6</version>
            <configuration>
                <webappDirectory>${webappDirectory}</webappDirectory>
                <warSourceExcludes>
                    .tmp/**,
                    metanome/**,
                    bower_components/**,
                    e2e/**,
                    gulp/**,
                    node_modules/**,
                    src/**,
                    .bowerrc,
                    .editorconfig,
                    .jshintrc,
                    .yo-rc.json,
                    bower.json,
                    gulpfile.js,
                    karma.conf.js,
                    package.json,
                    protractor.conf.js
                </warSourceExcludes>
                <webXml>WEB-INF/web.xml</webXml>
                <webResources>
                    <resource>
                        <directory>src/metanome</directory>
                    </resource>
                </webResources>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>

        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.1</version>
            <configuration>
                <source>1.8</source>
                <target>1.8</target>
                <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
                <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
                <compilerArgument>-Xlint:all</compilerArgument>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>

        <plugin>
            <groupId>com.github.eirslett</groupId>
            <artifactId>frontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>1.3</version>
            <configuration>
                <workingDirectory>src</workingDirectory>
                <installDirectory>target</installDirectory>
            </configuration>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <id>install node and npm</id>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>install-node-and-npm</goal>
                    </goals>
                    <phase>generate-resources</phase>
                    <configuration>
                        <nodeVersion>v4.9.1</nodeVersion>
                        <npmVersion>2.15.11</npmVersion>
                    </configuration>
                </execution>

                <execution>
                    <id>npm install</id>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>npm</goal>
                    </goals>
                    <phase>generate-resources</phase>
                    <configuration>
                        <arguments>install --silent</arguments>
                    </configuration>
                </execution>

                <execution>
                    <id>bower install</id>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>bower</goal>
                    </goals>
                    <phase>generate-resources</phase>
                    <configuration>
                        <arguments>install --quiet --force-latest</arguments>
                    </configuration>
                </execution>
                <execution>
                    <id>install node and npm 2</id>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>install-node-and-npm</goal>
                    </goals>
                    <phase>generate-resources</phase>
                    <configuration>
                        <nodeVersion>v6.14.3</nodeVersion>
                        <npmVersion>3.1.0</npmVersion>
                    </configuration>
                </execution>

                <execution>
                    <id>gulp build</id>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>gulp</goal>
                    </goals>
                    <phase>generate-resources</phase>
                    <configuration>
                        <nodeVersion>v6.14.3</nodeVersion>
                        <arguments>build</arguments>
                    </configuration>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>

    </plugins>
</build>


It worked for me and hope it helps you too.