Angular CLI In Depth

1.5 Angular CLI In Depth

The Angular CLI is a powerful tool to initialize, develop, scaffold, and maintain Angular applications. Common commands:

Generate a new component
Terminal window
```
ng generate component user-profile
# or shorthand: ng g c user-profile
```
This creates the component files and (if using modules) updates the module.
Generate a service
Terminal window
```
ng generate service data
```
Build the project
Terminal window
```
ng build
```
Outputs the compiled files to the dist/ folder.
Serve with development server
Terminal window
```
ng serve --open
```
Opens the app automatically.
Run unit tests
Terminal window
```
ng test
```
Run end‑to‑end tests
Terminal window
```
ng e2e
```
Update Angular and dependencies
Terminal window
```
ng update
```

For a full list, run ng help.