What is @angular/cli?
The @angular/cli package is a command-line interface tool that you can use to initialize, develop, scaffold, and maintain Angular applications directly from a command shell. It provides commands for creating new projects, generating application and library code, performing a variety of ongoing development tasks such as testing, bundling, and deployment.
What are @angular/cli's main functionalities?
Project Scaffolding
Creates a new Angular application with a default structure by running the 'ng new' command followed by the project name.
ng new my-angular-app
Generating Components, Services, and other features
Generates a new component and its associated files by using the 'ng generate' command followed by the feature type and name.
ng generate component my-component
Building and Serving the Application
Compiles the application and starts a web server, making the app accessible in a browser. The 'ng serve' command is used for this purpose.
ng serve
Running Unit Tests
Executes the unit tests defined in the application using the 'ng test' command.
ng test
Building for Production
Compiles the application for production deployment, optimizing the build for performance and size using the 'ng build' command with the '--prod' flag.
ng build --prod
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create-react-app
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vue-cli
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ember-cli
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Angular CLI - The CLI tool for Angular.
The sources for this package are in the Angular CLI repository. Please file issues and pull requests against that repository.
Usage information and reference details can be found in repository README file.