Hi I have a lil bit of Angular 1 background, I am learning Angular 2.
for starting up with Angular 1, only dependency is to add the angular sources either the angu
Use '@angular/core'
instead 'angular2/core'
As you are new to TypeScript. I still suggest you to follow angular.io docs for 5 min startup. That has specific instruction and quite well explained to get started with it.
Angular2 5 min quickstart page @ angular.io.
What you need to have basically to start:
Install node js and it also installs npm (node package manager). Now from here you need to follow these steps to get started:
.ts
files/ Component files, You can name it app
name is just as per docs. npm start
when we done loading all the dependencies, run this command to start the compilation and watch the application, while you develop other components.Now what should be there in these files as per point 3.
3.1 : tsconfig.json:
{ "compilerOptions": { "target": "es5", "module": "system", "moduleResolution": "node", "sourceMap": true, "emitDecoratorMetadata": true, "experimentalDecorators": true, "removeComments": false, "noImplicitAny": false }, "exclude": [ "node_modules", "typings/main", "typings/main.d.ts" ] }
3.2 : typings.json
{ "ambientDependencies": { "es6-shim": "github:DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/es6-shim/es6-shim.d.ts#6697d6f7dadbf5773cb40ecda35a76027e0783b2" } }
3.3 : package.json
{ "name": "ng2-test", "version": "1.0.0", "scripts": { "start": "concurrent \"npm run tsc:w\" \"npm run lite\" ", "tsc": "tsc", "tsc:w": "tsc -w", "lite": "lite-server", "typings": "typings", "postinstall": "typings install" }, "license": "ISC", "dependencies": { "angular2": "2.0.0-beta.7", "systemjs": "0.19.22", "es6-promise": "^3.0.2", "es6-shim": "^0.33.3", "reflect-metadata": "0.1.2", "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.2", "zone.js": "0.5.15" }, "devDependencies": { "concurrently": "^2.0.0", "lite-server": "^2.1.0", "typescript": "^1.7.5", "typings":"^0.6.8" } }
Going very well, congratulations! Yet we need the most important file index.html
.
3.4 : index.html
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Angular 2 QuickStart</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<!-- 1. Load libraries -->
<!-- IE required polyfills, in this exact order -->
<script src="node_modules/es6-shim/es6-shim.min.js"></script>
<script src="node_modules/systemjs/dist/system-polyfills.js"></script>
<script src="node_modules/angular2/bundles/angular2-polyfills.js"></script>
<script src="node_modules/systemjs/dist/system.src.js"></script>
<script src="node_modules/rxjs/bundles/Rx.js"></script>
<script src="node_modules/angular2/bundles/angular2.dev.js"></script>
<!-- 2. Configure SystemJS -->
<script>
System.config({
packages: {
app: {
format: 'register',
defaultExtension: 'js'
}
}
});
System.import('app/main')
.then(null, console.error.bind(console));
</script>
</head>
<!-- 3. Display the application -->
<body>
<my-app>Loading...</my-app>
</body>
</html>
We have our basic setup quite well, yet we need to install all the dependencies and devdependencies, which is absolutely required. You need to run npm install
. This will install all the dependency which we have in the package.json
.
When package installation finishes you can find one folder named node_modules
which is having all the files as per dependencies in the package.json
.
If any error occurs while npm install
you just need to update the dev/dependencies.
So, i am assuming you have all the dependencies installed and just let's start:
Now as per point 2, we have a folder named app
now we will put our .ts
files in it.
Create a file named app.component.ts
, see the naming convention .component.ts
which denotes that it is a component file. Put this code in it:
import {Component} from 'angular2/core'; // <-- importing Component from core
@Component({
selector: 'my-app', //<----the element defined in the index.html
template: '<h1>My First Angular 2 App</h1>' // <---this is the template to put in the component.
})
export class AppComponent { } // <--- we need to export the class AppComponent.
Now create another file named main.ts
. Why main.ts
? This is because of index.html
, we have defined our Systemjs
module loader, see this in index.html
System.import('app/main')
This the content of main.ts
:
import {bootstrap} from 'angular2/platform/browser' // import bootstrap
import {AppComponent} from './app.component' // import the component we just created
bootstrap(AppComponent); // finally bootstrap it.
Now we are done.
Yet we need to run it, for this we have to cd ng2Playgroud
into it. we need to run this command from command prompt or if you have git bash installed run this:
npm start
and hit enter. Now it will compile and start the lite-server
installed as a dependency. If everything goes well then you'll see the template My First Angular 2 App
rendered in the browser.
Do this in index.html:
<html>
<head>
<base href="/"></base>
</head>
<body>
<app>Loading....</app>
</body>
<script src="node_modules/angular2/bundles/angular2-polyfills.js"></script>
<script src="node_modules/es6-shim/es6-shim.min.js"></script>
<script src="node_modules/systemjs/dist/system.src.js"></script>
<script>
System.config({
defaultJSExtensions: true
});
</script>
<script src="node_modules/angular2/bundles/angular2.dev.js"></script>
<script>
System.import('App');
</script>
</html>
try using this your first component:
import {Component} from 'angular2/core';
import {bootstrap} from 'angular2/platform/browser';
@Component({
selector: 'app',
template: "Hello"
})
export class App{
constructor(){ }
}
bootstrap(App);
your Index.html file has missing alot. like importing main component using system.js. i.e System.import('App');
tsconfig.json:
{
"version": "1.5.3",
"compilerOptions": {
"target": "es5",
"module": "commonjs",
"sourceMap": true,
"emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
"experimentalDecorators": true,
"removeComments": true,
"noImplicitAny": false
}
}
Make sure folder 'node_modules' (click show hidden files) is in the right location (in the project's root, sibling with wwwroot). Also check @angular is showing in the project Dependencies folder:
[proj. name]/Dependencies/npm/@angular...
I was moving files around as I was integrating the quickstart guide into a new ASP.NET Core project, and the node_modules folder was misplaced.
hope this helps
You may forgot to run :
npm install
under your angular-project/
I was able to resolve this issue by adding "moduleResolution" : "node" to my tsconfig.json file
{
"compilerOptions": {
"target": "es5",
"module": "system",
"moduleResolution": "node",
"sourceMap": true,
"emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
"experimentalDecorators": true,
"removeComments": false,
"noImplicitAny": false
},
"exclude": [
"node_modules",
"typings/main.d.ts",
"typings/main"
]
}