| ng serve | Loads the project in server |
| ng test | Carries out unit testing. karma.config.js – defines configuration of test runner |
| ng lint | Checks for violation in coding standard. Checks whether it conforms to standard as defined in tslint.json |
| ng build | creates dist folder in project. dist folder contains js files generated from ts files. The dist folder could be copied and added along with java app and deployed in web server for supporting front end. dist folder is one deployed at end of development I prod |
| ng e2e | much more than unit test. It works by launching angular application in a headless chrome browser. The test are defined in e2e folder |
| ng new PROJECT_NAME –no-strict | creates a new angular project mostly for Development You can toggle by setting strict:false in tsconfig.json |
| ng new PROJECT_NAME | creates a new angular project |
| ng generate component COMPONENT_NAME | generates a new component with component name |
| ng generate class models/CLASS_NAME | generates a class in models folder |
| ng generate service SERVICE_NAME | generates a service |
| Files and Folders | Comments |
|---|---|
| src->app | contains actual project code |
| dist | Contains final distributable js file generated as result of ng build |
| e2e | Contains script for end to end testing |
| environments | Contains the details specific to environment |
| tsconfig.json | code written in ts should be converted to js to get interpretted by browser. This would be configured in tsconfig,json |
| package.json | frameworks and packages needs to execute ng command are defined here |
| src->main.ts, index.html | Responsible for bootstrapping angular application |
| polyfills.ts | take care of browser incompatibility |
| style.css | specifies global application style |
| test.ts | starting point for running unit test |
| app-routing.module.ts | file where all routes are defined |