Angular2 Starter

Quick start

Clone/Download the repo then edit app.ts inside /src/app/app.component.ts

# install the dependencies with npm
$ npm install

# start the server
$ npm start

open up http://localhost:8080

Table of Contents

• Getting Started
  • Dependencies
  • Installing
  • Running the app
  • Developing

Getting Started

Dependencies

What you need to run this app:

• node and npm (Use NVM)
• Ensure you're running Node (v5.x.x+) and NPM (3.x.x+)

Installing

• npm install to install all dependencies

Running the app

After you have installed all dependencies you can now run the app with:

npm start

It will start a local server using webpack-dev-server which will watch, build (in-memory), and reload for you. The port will be displayed to you as http://localhost:8080.

Developing

Build files

• single run: npm run build
• build files and watch: npm run watch

How to include external css files such as bootstrap.css ?

Just install the lib and import the css files in vendor.ts. For example this is how to do it with bootstrap:

npm install bootstrap@4.0.0 --save

And in vendor.ts add the following:

import 'bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css';