Angular

Last Updated: 6/15/2023

Setting up development environment

Install latest version of node

  • Node: A runtime environment for executing JavaScript code outside the browser
  • Node provides tools that we need to build angular project
  • Go to nodejs.org and install LTS (Latest Stable)

Check Version

Open command prompt on windows node --version (or) node -v

NPM

  • NPM: node package manager to install third party libraries

Install Angular CLI

  • Angular cli (command line interface)
  • Command line tool used to create new angular project, generate boiler plate code, create deployable packages
  • Install package globally npm install -g @angular/cli -g stands for global, if skipped installs the library in local folder

To check the version

ng --version

Updating Angular CLI

npm install -g @angular/cli@latest or

npm uninstall -g @angular/cli
npm cache clean
npm install -g @angular/cli

Updating npm

npm install -g npm

Angular requires Node.js version 8.x or 10.x.