docs: clarify that `--prod` should be used to publish a library (#33959)

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Alan Agius 2019-11-21 14:56:54 +01:00 committed by Alex Rickabaugh
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## Publishing your library ## Publishing your library
Use the Angular CLI and the npm package manager to build and publish your library as an npm package. Use the Angular CLI and the npm package manager to build and publish your library as an npm package. It is not recommended to publish Ivy libraries to NPM repositories. Before publishing a library to NPM, build it using the `--prod` flag which will use the older compiler and runtime known as View Engine instead of Ivy.
Libraries are built in [AoT mode](guide/aot-compiler) by default, so you do not need to specify the `-prod` flag when building for publication.
<code-example language="bash"> <code-example language="bash">
ng build my-lib ng build my-lib --prod
cd dist/my-lib cd dist/my-lib
npm publish npm publish
</code-example> </code-example>