Angular 8 Boilerplate

1. Go to project folder and install dependencies:

npm install

2. Launch development server, and open localhost:4200 in your browser:

npm start

Project structure

dist/                        compiled version
documentation/               generated document source
e2e/                         end-to-end tests
src/                         project source code
|- app/                      app components
|  |- core/                  core module (singleton services and single-use components)
|  |- shared/                shared module  (common components, directives and pipes)
|  |- app.component.*        app root component (shell)
|  |- app.module.ts          app root module definition
|  |- app.routing.ts         app routes
|  +- ...                    additional modules and components
|- assets/                   app assets (images, fonts, sounds...)
|- environments/             values for various build environments
|- index.html                html entry point
|- styles.css                global style entry point
|- main.ts                   app entry point
|- polyfills.ts              polyfills needed by Angular
+- test.ts                   unit tests entry point

Main tasks

Task automation is based on NPM scripts.

Tasks	Description
npm start	Run development server on http://localhost:4200/
npm run build:dev	Lint code and build app for development env in dist/ folder
npm run build:prod	Lint code and build app for production env in dist/ folder
npm run build:local	Lint code and build app for local env in dist/ folder
npm run pwa:build:dev	Lint code and build PWA app for development env in dist/ folder
npm run pwa:build:prod	Lint code and build PWA app for production env in dist/ folder
npm run pwa:build:local	Lint code and build PWA app for local env in dist/ folder
npm run lint	Lint code
npm run compodoc:gen	Generate Project document in ./documentation folder
npm run compodoc:serve	You can access ./documentation folder via http://localhost:8080
npm run compodoc	It generate latest ./documentation and you can access via http://localhost:8080

Development server

Run npm start for a dev server. Navigate to http://localhost:4200/. The app will automatically reload if you change any of the source files.

Code scaffolding

Run npm run generate -- component <name> to generate a new component. You can also use npm run generate -- directive|pipe|service|class|module.

If you have installed angular-cli globally with npm install -g @angular/cli, you can also use the command ng generate directly.

PWA Service worker support

To enable service worker go to src/main.ts and uncomment service worker code.

Ivy Support

To enable/disable Ivy go to src/tsconfig.app.json and change variable value enableIvy.