Angular 8, NgRx and Angular Material Starter
by @tomastrajan
Table of Content
- Live Demo
- Getting Started
- Useful Commands
- Make It Your Own
- Goals
- Learning Materials
- List of Projects Built Using This Starter
- Features
- Stack
- Code of Conduct
- Contributors Guide
- Changelog ( get notified about the newest releases, follow Release Butler on Twitter )
Getting started
git clone https://github.com/tomastrajan/angular-ngrx-material-starter.git new-project
cd new-project
npm install
npm start
Useful Commands
npm start
- starts a dev server and opens browser with running appnpm run start:prod
- runs full prod build and serves prod bundlenpm run test
- runs lint and testsnpm run watch
- runs tests in watch modenpm run prettier
- runs prettier to format whole code base (.ts
and.scss
)npm run analyze
- runs full prod build andwebpack-bundle-analyzer
to visualize how much code is shipped (dependencies & application)
Make It Your Own
When using this starter project to build your own app you might consider some of the following steps:
- use
search and replace
functionality of your favourite IDE to replaceanms
with<your-app-prefix>
- rename project in
package.json
name
property and set appropriate version (eg0.0.0
or1.0.0
) - remove / rename context path config
-- --deploy-url /angular-ngrx-material-starter/ --base-href /angular-ngrx-material-starter
inpackage.json
, this is used to configure url (context path) on which the application will be available (eg.https://www.something.com/<context-path>/
) - rename app in
/environments/
files (will be shown in browser tab) - delete pre-existing
CHANGELOG.md
(you will generate your own with future releases of your features) - delete
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
,CONTRIBUTING.md
andBUILT_WITH.md
files as they are relevant only if project is open sourced on Github - edit the title and Open Graph metadata properties in
index.html
- remove or adjust links in the footer
- replace logo in
/assets
folder ( currently 128 x 128 pixelpng
file ) - adjust colors in
/themes/default-theme.scss
- create a pull request in the original repository to update
BUILT_WITH.md
file with a link and short description of your project
Continuous Integration
Starter project is using Travis CI for running linters and tests on every commit. Based on your preferences and needs you can either:
- not use / use other CI server and delete both
.travis.yml
and.travis-deploy.sh
- create Travis CI account and link it to your projects Github repo and configure build
with
GH_REF
andGH_TOKEN
environment variables for automatic deployment of releases to Github Pages
Goals
The main goal of this repository is to provide an up to date example of Angular application following all recent best practices in various areas like:
@ngrx/store
- including reducers, actions, selectors@ngrx/effects
- for implementation of side effects likehttp
requests, logging, notifications,...@ngrx/entity
- for CRUD operations@ngrx/router-store
- to connect the Angular Router to @ngrx/store@ngrx/store-devtools
- to enable a powerful time-travelling debugger.@angular/material
- material design component library, theming, ...- routing
- testing of all the above mentioned concepts
- Angular CLI configuration (prod build, budgets, ...)
This repository will also strive to always stay in sync with releases of Angular and the related libraries. The nature of the repository is also a great match for first time open source contributors who can add simple features and enhance test coverage, all contributors are more than welcome!
Learning Materials
Articles with content that explains various approaches used to build this starter project.
- Blog post about Best subscribing to RxJS Observable data by Components: subscribe() vs | async pipe
- Blog post about Best Practices for Angular CLI used in this starter project
- Blog post about Typescript tips for Ngrx reducer code
- Blog post about building responsive layouts with Bootstrap 4 in Angular apps
- Blog post about configuration of animations during runtime
- Blog post about unit testing of components with NgRx TestStore
- Blog post about Angular CLI budgets
- Blog post about the best way to unsubscribe RxJs streams
- Blog post about Angular 6+ DI with providedIn
- Blog post about the best way to lazy load Angular Elements
Theming
Features
- custom themes support (4 themes included)
- lazy-loading of feature modules
- lazy reducers
- localStorage ui state persistence
@ngrx/effects
for API requests- fully responsive design
- angular-material and custom components in
SharedModule
Stack
- Angular
- ngrx (or try ngx-model if you prefer less boilerplate)
- Angular Material
- Bootstrap 4 (only reset, utils and grids)
Troubleshooting
- Blocking at emitting LicenseWebpackPlugin when npm start - try using cnpm instead of npm
Contributors
Want to start contributing to open source with Angular?
Leave your mark and join the growing team of contributors!
Get started by checking out list of open issues and reading Contributor Guide