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block includes
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include _util-fns
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block includes
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include _util-fns
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- var _Install = 'Install'
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- var _prereq = 'Node.js'
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- var _angular_browser_uri = '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic'
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- var _angular_core_uri = '@angular/core'
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- var _stepInit = 4 // Step # after NgModule step
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- var _quickstartSrcURL='https://github.com/angular/quickstart/blob/master/README.md'
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//- TS/Dart shared step counter
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- var step = _stepInit
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:marked
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Our QuickStart goal is to build and run a super-simple
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Angular 2 application in #{_Lang}, and
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establish a development environment for the remaining documentation samples
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that also can be the foundation for real world applications.
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.callout.is-helpful
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header Don't want #{_Lang}?
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p.
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Although we're getting started in #{_Lang}, you can also write Angular 2 apps
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in #{_docsFor == 'ts' ? 'Dart' : 'TypeScript'} and JavaScript.
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Just select either of those languages from the combo-box in the banner.
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:marked
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# Try it!
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Try the <live-example></live-example> which loads the sample app
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<span if-docs="ts">
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in <a href="http://plnkr.co/" title="Plunker" target="_blank">plunker</a>
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</span>
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and displays the simple message:
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figure.image-display
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img(src='/resources/images/devguide/quickstart/my-first-app.png' alt="Output of QuickStart app")
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:marked
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# Build this app!
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- [Prerequisite](#prereq): Install #{_prereq}
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- [Step 1](#create-and-configure): Create the app’s project folder and
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define package dependencies and special project setup
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- [Step 2](#root-component): Create the app’s Angular root component
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<li if-docs="ts">[Step 3](#ngmodule): Create an Angular Module</li>
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- [Step !{step++}](#main): Add <span ngio-ex>main.ts</span>, identifying the root component to Angular
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- [Step !{step++}](#index): Add `index.html`, the web page that hosts the application
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- [Step !{step++}](#build-and-run): Build and run the app
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- [Make some changes to the app](#make-some-changes)
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- [Wrap up](#wrap-up)
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- var step = _stepInit // reinitialize step counter for headers to come
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.l-main-section#prereq
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h2 Prerequisite: #{_prereq}
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block setup-tooling
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:marked
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Install **[Node.js® and npm](https://nodejs.org/en/download/)**
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if they are not already on your machine.
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.l-sub-section
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:marked
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**Verify that you are running at least node `v4.x.x` and npm `3.x.x`**
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by running `node -v` and `npm -v` in a terminal/console window.
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Older versions produce errors.
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.l-main-section
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.callout.is-helpful
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header Download the source
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:marked
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Instead of following each step of these instructions, we can
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[download the QuickStart source](!{_quickstartSrcURL})
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from GitHub and follow its brief instructions.
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.l-main-section
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button(class="verbose off md-primary md-button md-ink-ripple", type="button", onclick="verbose(false)").
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Hide explanations
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button(class="verbose on md-primary md-button md-ink-ripple", type="button", onclick="verbose(true)").
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View explanations
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.l-verbose-section
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:marked
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*Explanations* describe the concepts and reasons behind the instructions.
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Explanations have a thin border on the left like *this* block of text.
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Click *Hide Explanations* to show only the instructions.
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Click *View Explanations* to see everything again.
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.l-sub-section
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:marked
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We'll see many code blocks as we build the QuickStart app. They're all easy to copy and paste:
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code-example(format="nocode").
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Click the glyph on the right to copy code snippets to the clipboard ==>
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- var _package_and_config_files = _docsFor == 'dart' ? 'pubspec.yaml' : 'package definition and configuration files'
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.l-main-section#create-and-configure
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:marked
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## Step 1: Create and configure the project
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In this step we:
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* [(a) Create the project folder](#create-the-project-folder)
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* [(b) Add #{_package_and_config_files}](#add-config-files)
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* [(c) #{_Install} packages](#install-packages)
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### (a) Create the project folder
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- var _ = _docsFor == 'dart' ? '_' : '-';
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code-example(language="sh").
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mkdir angular2!{_}quickstart
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cd angular2!{_}quickstart
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h3#add-config-files (b) Add #{_package_and_config_files}
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block package-and-config-files
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- var _tsconfigUri = 'guide/typescript-configuration.html#tsconfig'
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- var _typingsUri = 'guide/typescript-configuration.html#!#typings'
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p Add the following package definition and configuration files to the project folder:
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ul
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li.
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#[b package.json] lists packages the QuickStart app depends on and
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defines some useful scripts.
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See #[a(href="guide/npm-packages.html") Npm Package Configuration] for details.
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li.
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#[b tsconfig.json] is the TypeScript compiler configuration file.
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See #[a(href="#{_tsconfigUri}") TypeScript Configuration] for details.
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li.
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#[b typings.json] identifies TypeScript definition files.
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See #[a(href="#{_typingsUri}") TypeScript Configuration] for details.
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li.
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#[b systemjs.config.js], the SystemJS configuration file.
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See discussion #[a(href="#systemjs") below].
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a#config-files
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+makeTabs(`
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quickstart/ts/package.1.json,
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quickstart/ts/tsconfig.1.json,
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quickstart/ts/typings.1.json,
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quickstart/ts/systemjs.config.1.js
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`, '', `
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package.json,
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tsconfig.json,
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typings.json,
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systemjs.config.js
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`)
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h3#install-packages (c) #{_Install} packages
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block install-packages
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:marked
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We install the packages listed in `package.json` using `npm`. Enter the
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following command in a terminal window (command window in Windows):
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code-example(language="sh").
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npm install
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.l-sub-section
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:marked
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The `typings` folder could not show up after `npm install`. If so, please install them manually.
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code-example(language="sh").
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npm run typings install
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:marked
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Scary <span style="color:red; font-weight: bold">error messages in red</span> may appear **during** install.
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The install typically recovers from these errors and finishes successfully.
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.l-verbose-section(class="l-verbose-inherit")
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:marked
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#### npm errors and warnings
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All is well if there are no console messages starting with `npm ERR!` *at the end* of **npm install**.
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There might be a few `npm WARN` messages along the way — and that is perfectly fine.
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We often see an `npm WARN` message after a series of `gyp ERR!` messages.
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Ignore them. A package may try to recompile itself using `node-gyp`.
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If the recompile fails, the package recovers (typically with a pre-built version)
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and everything works.
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Just make sure there are no `npm ERR!` messages at the end of `npm install`.
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.l-verbose-section
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:marked
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#### Adding the libraries and packages we need with *npm*
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Angular application developers rely on the _[npm](https://docs.npmjs.com)_
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package manager to install the libraries and packages their apps require.
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The Angular team recommends the starter-set of packages specified in the
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`dependencies` and `devDependencies` sections.
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See the [npm packages](guide/npm-packages.html) chapter for details.
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#### Helpful scripts
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We've included a number of npm scripts in our suggested `package.json` to handle common development tasks:
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+makeJson('quickstart/ts/package.1.json',{ paths: 'scripts'}, 'package.json (scripts)')(format=".")
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:marked
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We execute most npm scripts in the following way: `npm run` followed by a *script-name*.
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Some commands (such as `start`) don't require the `run` keyword.
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Here's what these scripts do:
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* `npm start` - runs the compiler and a server at the same time, both in "watch mode"
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* `npm run tsc` - runs the TypeScript compiler once
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* `npm run tsc:w` - runs the TypeScript compiler in watch mode;
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the process keeps running, awaiting changes to TypeScript files and recompiling when it sees them
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* `npm run lite` - runs the <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/lite-server" target="_blank">lite-server</a>,
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a light-weight, static file server with excellent support for Angular apps that use routing
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* `npm run typings` - runs the [*typings* tool](#{_typingsUri}) separately
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* `npm run postinstall` - called by *npm* automatically *after* it successfully completes package installation.
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This script installs the [TypeScript definition files](#{_typingsUri}) defined in `typings.json`
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:marked
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**We're all set.** Let's write some code.
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## Step 2: Our first Angular component
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Let's create a folder to hold our application and add a super-simple Angular component.
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**Create #{_an} #{_appDir} subfolder** off the project root directory:
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code-example.
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mkdir #{_appDir}
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a#app-component
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p.
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#[b Create the component file]
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#[code #[+adjExPath('app/app.component.ts')]] (in this newly created directory) with the following content:
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+makeExample('app/app.component.ts')
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:marked
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### AppComponent is the root of the application
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Every Angular app has at least one **root component**, conventionally named `AppComponent`,
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that hosts the client user experience.
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Components are the basic building blocks of Angular applications.
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A component controls a portion of the screen — a *view* — through its associated template.
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This QuickStart has only one, extremely simple component.
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But it has the essential structure of every component we'll ever write:
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* One or more [import](#component-import)
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statements to reference the things we need.
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* A [@Component #{_decorator}](#component-decorator)
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that tells Angular what template to use and how to create the component.
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* A [component class](#component-class)
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that controls the appearance and behavior of a view through its template.
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Angular itself is modular. It is a collection of library modules
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each made up of several, related features that we'll use to build our application.
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When we need something from a module or library, we import it.
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Here we import the Angular 2 core so that our component code can have access to
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the `@Component` #{_decorator}.
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+makeExcerpt('app/app.component.ts', 'import')
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h3#component-decorator @Component #{_decorator}
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+ifDocsFor('ts')
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:marked
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`Component` is a *decorator function* that takes a *metadata object* as argument.
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We apply this function to the component class by prefixing the function with the
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**@** symbol and invoking it with a metadata object, just above the class.
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:marked
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`@Component` is #{_a} *#{_decorator}* that allows us to associate *metadata* with the
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component class.
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The metadata tells Angular how to create and use this component.
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+makeExcerpt('app/app.component.ts', 'metadata')
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block annotation-fields
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This particular metadata object has two fields, a `selector` and a `template`.
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The **selector** specifies a simple CSS selector for an HTML element that represents the component.
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Angular creates and displays an instance of our `AppComponent`
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wherever it encounters a `my-app` element in the host HTML.
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The **template** specifies the component's companion template,
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written in an enhanced form of HTML that tells Angular how to render this component's view.
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>Our template is a single line of HTML announcing "*My First Angular 2 App*".
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and might identify other application components which have their own templates.
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These templates might identify yet other components.
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In this way an Angular application becomes a tree of components.
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### Component class
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At the bottom of the file is an empty, do-nothing class named `AppComponent`.
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When we're ready to build a substantive application,
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we can expand this class with properties and application logic.
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Our `AppComponent` class is empty because we don't need it to do anything in this QuickStart.
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+ifDocsFor('ts')
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:marked
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We **export** `AppComponent` so that we can **import** it elsewhere in our application,
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as we'll see when we create `app.module.ts`.
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## Step 3: Our own `app.module.ts`
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Every app requires at least one module, the _root module_, that we call `AppModule` by convention.
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Create the file `app/app.module.ts` with the following content:
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We're passing metadata to the `NgModule` decorator function:
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1. `imports` - the _other_ modules that export material we need in _this_ module.
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Almost every application's _root module_ should import the `BrowserModule`.
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1. `declarations` - components and directives that belong to _this_ module.
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1. `bootstrap` - identifies the _root component_ that Angular should _bootstrap_ when it starts the application.
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We import our lone `app.component.ts` and add it to both the `declarations` and `bootstrap` arrays.
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### Angular Modules import other modules
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Notice that we also add the `BrowserModule` from `@angular/platform-browser` to the `imports` array.
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This is the Angular Module that contains all the needed Angular bits and pieces to run our app in the browser.
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Angular itself is split into separate Angular Modules so we only need to import the ones we really use.
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One of the most common ones is `FormsModule`, and soon we'll also see `RouterModule` and `HttpModule`.
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Now we need something to tell Angular to load the app module.
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Create the file `app/main.ts` with the following content:
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- var _pBD_bootstrapModule = _docsFor == 'dart' ? _bootstrapModule : 'platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule'
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.l-verbose-section
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We import the two things we need to launch the application:
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1. Angular's browser `!{_platformBrowserDynamicVsBootStrap}` function
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1. The application !{_moduleVsRootComp}, `!{_AppModuleVsAppComp}`.
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Then we call `!{_pBD_bootstrapModule}` with `AppComponent`.
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### Bootstrapping is platform-specific
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Notice that we import the `!{_platformBrowserDynamicVsBootStrap}` function
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from `#{_angular_browser_uri}`, not `#{_angular_core_uri}`.
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Bootstrapping isn't core because there isn't a single way to bootstrap the app.
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But it is possible to load a !{_moduleVsComp} in a different environment.
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We might load it on a mobile device with [Apache Cordova](https://cordova.apache.org/) or [NativeScript](https://www.nativescript.org/).
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We might wish to render the first page of our application on the server
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to improve launch performance or facilitate
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[SEO](http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf).
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These targets require a different kind of bootstrap function that we'd import from a different library.
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### Why create separate *<span ngio-ex>main.ts</span>*<span if-docs="ts">, app module</span> and app component files?
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Then <span ngio-ex>main.ts</span><span if-docs="ts">, app module</span>
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and the app component files are tiny.
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We'd rather demonstrate the proper way to structure an Angular application.
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presenting a view.
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Mixing concerns creates difficulties down the road.
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We might launch the `!{_AppModuleVsAppComp}` in multiple environments with different bootstrappers.
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Testing the component is much easier if it doesn't also try to run the entire application.
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Let's make the small extra effort to do it *the right way*.
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h2#index Step !{step++}: Add #[code index.html]
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The `index.html` file defines the web page that hosts the application.
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:marked
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The noteworthy sections of HTML are:
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1. The JavaScript [libraries](#libraries)
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2. Configuration file for [SystemJS](#systemjs), and a script
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where we import and run the `app` module which refers to the `main` file that we just wrote.
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3. The [`<my-app>`](#my-app) tag in the `<body>` which is *where our app lives!*
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:marked
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### Libraries
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We loaded the following scripts
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:marked
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We begin with `core-js`'s ES2015/ES6 shim which monkey patches the global context (window) with essential features of ES2015 (ES6).
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Next are the polyfills for Angular2, `zone.js` and `reflect-metadata`.
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Then the [SystemJS](#systemjs) library for module loading.
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We'll make different choices as we gain experience and
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h3#systemjs SystemJS
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:marked
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QuickStart uses <a href="https://github.com/systemjs/systemjs" target="_blank">SystemJS</a>
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to load application and library modules. [Earlier](#add-config-files) we
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There are alternatives that work just fine including the well-regarded
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SystemJS happens to be a good choice.
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But we want to be clear that it was a *choice* and not a *preference*.
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All module loaders require configuration and all loader configuration
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becomes complicated rather quickly as soon as the file structure diversifies and
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we start thinking about building for production and performance.
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We suggest becoming well-versed in the loader of your choice.
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Learn more about SystemJS configuration
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<a href="https://github.com/systemjs/systemjs/blob/master/docs/config-api.md" target="_blank">here</a>.
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With those cautions in mind, what are we doing in the
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QuickStart [`systemjs.config.js` configuration file we added earlier](#config-files)?
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First, we create a map to tell SystemJS where to look when we import some module.
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Then, we register all our packages to SystemJS:
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all the project dependencies and our application package, `app`.
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.l-sub-section
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:marked
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Our QuickStart doesn't use all of the listed packages
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but any substantial application will want many of them
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and all of the listed packages are required by at least one of the documentation samples.
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There is no runtime harm in listing packages that we don't need as they will only be loaded when requested.
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:marked
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The `app` package tells SystemJS what to do when it sees a request for a
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module from the `app/` folder.
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Our QuickStart makes such requests when one of its
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application TypeScript files has an import statement like this:
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+makeExcerpt('app/main.ts', 'import')
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:marked
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Notice that the module name (after `from`) does not mention a filename extension.
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In the configuration we tell SystemJS to default the extension to `js`, a JavaScript file.
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That makes sense because we transpile TypeScript to JavaScript
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*before* running the application.
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.l-sub-section
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:marked
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#### Transpiling in the browser
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In the live example on plunker we transpile (AKA compile) to JavaScript in the browser
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on the fly. _That's fine for a demo_.
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**Do not transpile in the browser during development or for production**.
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We strongly recommend transpiling (AKA compiling) to JavaScript during a build phase
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before running the application for several reasons including:
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* We see compiler warnings and errors that are hidden from us in the browser.
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* Precompilation simplifies the module loading process and
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it's much easier to diagnose problems when this is a separate, external step.
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* Precompilation means a faster user experience because the browser doesn't waste time compiling.
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* We iterate development faster because we only recompile changed files.
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We notice the difference as soon as the app grows beyond a handful of files.
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||||
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* Precompilation fits into a continuous integration process of build, test, deploy.
|
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|
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:marked
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The `System.import` call tells SystemJS to import the `main` file
|
||||
(`main.js` ... after transpiling `main.ts`, remember?);
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`main` is where we tell Angular to launch the application.
|
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We also catch and log launch errors to the console.
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|
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All other modules are loaded upon request
|
||||
either by an import statement or by Angular itself.
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|
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### *<my-app>*
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|
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a#my-app
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||||
:marked
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When Angular calls the `!{_bootstrapModule}` function in <span ngio-ex>main.ts</span>,
|
||||
it reads the `!{_AppModuleVsAppComp}` metadata<span if-docs="ts">, sees that
|
||||
`AppComponent` is the bootstrap component</span>,
|
||||
finds the `my-app` selector, locates an element tag named `my-app`,
|
||||
and renders our application's view between those tags.
|
||||
|
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:marked
|
||||
### Add some style
|
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Styles aren't essential but they're nice, and `index.html` assumes we have
|
||||
a stylesheet called `styles.css`.
|
||||
|
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Create a `styles.css` file in the *#{_indexHtmlDir}* folder and start styling,
|
||||
perhaps with the minimal styles shown below.
|
||||
|
||||
+makeExcerpt('styles.css (excerpt)', 'quickstart')
|
||||
|
||||
.callout.is-helpful
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
For the full set of master styles used by the documentation samples,
|
||||
see [styles.css](https://github.com/angular/angular.io/blob/master/public/docs/_examples/styles.css).
|
||||
|
||||
.l-main-section#build-and-run
|
||||
h2 Step !{step++}: Build and run the app!
|
||||
block run-app
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
Open a terminal window and enter this command:
|
||||
code-example.
|
||||
npm start
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
That command runs two parallel node processes
|
||||
1. The TypeScript compiler in watch mode
|
||||
1. A static server called **lite-server** that loads `index.html` in a browser
|
||||
and refreshes the browser when application files change
|
||||
|
||||
In a few moments, a browser tab should open and display
|
||||
|
||||
figure.image-display
|
||||
img(src='/resources/images/devguide/quickstart/my-first-app.png' alt="Output of QuickStart app")
|
||||
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
**Great job!**
|
||||
|
||||
block build-app
|
||||
//- Nothing for ts.
|
||||
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
## Make some changes
|
||||
|
||||
Try changing the message to "My SECOND Angular 2 app".
|
||||
block server-watching
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
The TypeScript compiler and `lite-server` are watching.
|
||||
They should detect the change, recompile the TypeScript into JavaScript,
|
||||
refresh the browser, and display the revised message.
|
||||
It's a nifty way to develop an application!
|
||||
|
||||
We close the terminal window when we're done to terminate both the compiler and the server.
|
||||
|
||||
.l-main-section
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
# Wrap up
|
||||
|
||||
Our final project folder structure looks like this:
|
||||
block project-file-structure
|
||||
.filetree
|
||||
.file angular2-quickstart
|
||||
.children
|
||||
.file app
|
||||
.children
|
||||
.file app.component.ts
|
||||
.file app.module.ts
|
||||
.file main.ts
|
||||
.file node_modules ...
|
||||
.file typings ...
|
||||
.file index.html
|
||||
.file package.json
|
||||
.file styles.css
|
||||
.file systemjs.config.js
|
||||
.file tsconfig.json
|
||||
.file typings.json
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
Here are the file contents:
|
||||
|
||||
block project-files
|
||||
+makeTabs(`
|
||||
quickstart/ts/app/app.component.ts,
|
||||
quickstart/ts/app/app.module.ts,
|
||||
quickstart/ts/app/main.ts,
|
||||
quickstart/ts/index.html,
|
||||
quickstart/ts/package.1.json,
|
||||
quickstart/ts/tsconfig.1.json,
|
||||
quickstart/ts/typings.1.json,
|
||||
quickstart/ts/styles.1.css,
|
||||
quickstart/ts/systemjs.config.1.js`
|
||||
,
|
||||
',,,,,,,,',
|
||||
`app/app.component.ts,
|
||||
app/app.module.ts,
|
||||
app/main.ts,
|
||||
index.html,
|
||||
package.json,
|
||||
tsconfig.json,
|
||||
typings.json,
|
||||
styles.css,
|
||||
systemjs.config.js`)
|
||||
|
||||
.l-main-section
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
## What next?
|
||||
Our first application doesn't do much. It's basically "Hello, World" for Angular 2.
|
||||
|
||||
We kept it simple in our first pass: we wrote a little Angular component,
|
||||
created a simple `index.html`, and launched with a
|
||||
static file server. That's about all we'd expect to do for a "Hello, World" app.
|
||||
|
||||
**We have greater ambitions!**
|
||||
+ifDocsFor('ts')
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
The good news is that the overhead of setup is (mostly) behind us.
|
||||
We'll probably only touch the `package.json` to update libraries.
|
||||
We'll likely open `index.html` only if we need to add a library or some css stylesheets.
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
We're about to take the next step and build a small application that
|
||||
demonstrates the great things we can build with Angular 2.
|
||||
|
||||
Join us on the [Tour of Heroes Tutorial](./tutorial)!
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