Angular Express Demo App

This project was generated with Angular CLI version 1.6.5.

Installation

Run npm install

Run on Express Server

Run ng build to create the dist folder. Then run node server.js to serve from the express server. Navigate to http://localhost:3000 for the app and http://localhost:3000/api for the api.

or

Run npm run build shortcut for dist creation and serving from the express server. Navigate to http://localhost:3000 for the app and http://localhost:3000/api for the api. (Edit: Added nodemon so now npm run build will also watch server.)

(Note: For every change in angular, to run on server npm run build is necessary).

Run json-server --watch db.json, this is for faking API call with json-server.

Development server

Run ng serve 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 ng generate component component-name to generate a new component. You can also use ng generate directive|pipe|service|class|guard|interface|enum|module.

Build

Run ng build to build the project. The build artifacts will be stored in the dist/ directory. Use the -prod flag for a production build.

Running unit tests

Run ng test to execute the unit tests via Karma.

Running end-to-end tests

Run ng e2e to execute the end-to-end tests via Protractor.

Further help

To get more help on the Angular CLI use ng help or go check out the Angular CLI README.