Gulp + live reload serves up my content on localhost and (here\'s what I\'m after) launches the browser automatically at the server url whenever i run the gulp
To launch the browser, one can add --open to CLI command as the accepted answer points it out
--open
npm start --open
or
ng serve --open
To avoid doing it all the time: there is a simple change to make in package.json
package.json
"scripts": { "ng": "ng", "start": "ng serve --open", ... },