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 ### Generating and serving an Angular project via a development server
 
 ```bash
-ng new PROJECT_NAME
-cd PROJECT_NAME
+ng new PROJECT-NAME
+cd PROJECT-NAME
 ng serve
 ```
 Navigate to `http://localhost:4200/`. The app will automatically reload if you change any of the source files.