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Angular workspace configuration
A file named angular.json
at the root level of an Angular workspace provides workspace-wide and project-specific configuration defaults for build and development tools provided by the Angular CLI.
Path values given in the configuration are relative to the root workspace folder.
Overall JSON structure
At the top level of angular.json
, a few properties configure the workspace, and a projects
section contains the remaining per-project configuration options. CLI defaults set at the workspace level can be overridden by defaults set at the project level, and defaults set at the project level can be overridden on the command line.
The following properties, at the top level of the file, configure the workspace.
version
: The configuration-file version.newProjectRoot
: Path where new projects are created. Absolute or relative to the workspace folder.defaultProject
: Default project name to use in commands, where not provided as an argument. When you useng new
to create a new app in a new workspace, that app is the default project for the workspace until you change it here.schematics
: A set of schematics that customize theng generate
sub-command option defaults for this workspace. See Generation schematics below.projects
: Contains a subsection for each project (library or application) in the workspace, with the per-project configuration options.
The initial app that you create with ng new app_name
is listed under "projects":
"projects": { "app_name": { ... } ... }
When you create a library project with ng generate library
, the library project is also added to the projects
section.
Note that the projects
section of the configuration file does not correspond exactly to the workspace file structure.
- The initial app created by
ng new
is at the top level of the workspace file structure. - Additional applications and libraries go into a
projects
folder in the workspace.
For more information, see Workspace and project file structure.
Strict mode
When you create new workspaces and projects, you have the option to use Angular's strict mode, which can help you write better, more maintainable code. For more information, see Strict mode.
Project configuration options
The following top-level configuration properties are available for each project, under projects:<project_name>
.
"my-app": {
"root": "",
"sourceRoot": "src",
"projectType": "application",
"prefix": "app",
"schematics": {},
"architect": {}
}
PROPERTY | DESCRIPTION |
---|---|
root |
The root folder for this project's files, relative to the workspace folder. Empty for the initial app, which resides at the top level of the workspace. |
sourceRoot |
The root folder for this project's source files. |
projectType |
One of "application" or "library". An application can run independently in a browser, while a library cannot. |
prefix |
A string that Angular prepends to generated selectors. Can be customized to identify an app or feature area. |
schematics |
A set of schematics that customize the ng generate sub-command option defaults for this project. See Generation schematics below. |
architect |
Configuration defaults for Architect builder targets for this project. |
{@a schematics}
Generation schematics
Angular generation schematics are instructions for modifying a project by adding files or modifying existing files.
Individual schematics for the default Angular CLI ng generate
sub-commands are collected in the package @angular
.
Specify the schematic name for a subcommand in the format schematic-package:schematic-name
;
for example, the schematic for generating a component is @angular:component
.
The JSON schemas for the default schematics used by the CLI to generate projects and parts of projects are collected in the package @schematics/angular
.
The schema describes the options available to the CLI for each of the ng generate
sub-commands, as shown in the --help
output.
The fields given in the schema correspond to the allowed argument values and defaults for the CLI sub-command options. You can update your workspace schema file to set a different default for a sub-command option.
{@a architect}
Project tool configuration options
Architect is the tool that the CLI uses to perform complex tasks, such as compilation and test running. Architect is a shell that runs a specified builder to perform a given task, according to a target configuration. You can define and configure new builders and targets to extend the CLI. See Angular CLI Builders.
{@a default-build-targets}
Default Architect builders and targets
Angular defines default builders for use with specific CLI commands, or with the general ng run
command.
The JSON schemas that the define the options and defaults for each of these default builders are collected in the @angular-devkit/build-angular
package.
The schemas configure options for the following builders.
- app-shell
- browser
- dev-server
- extract-i18n
- karma
- protractor
- server
- tslint
Configuring builder targets
The architect
section of angular.json
contains a set of Architect targets.
Many of the targets correspond to the CLI commands that run them.
Some additional predefined targets can be run using the ng run
command, and you can define your own targets.
Each target object specifies the builder
for that target, which is the npm package for the tool that Architect runs.
In addition, each target has an options
section that configures default options for the target, and a configurations
section that names and specifies alternative configurations for the target.
See the example in Build target below.
"architect": {
"build": { },
"serve": { },
"e2e" : { },
"test": { },
"lint": { },
"extract-i18n": { },
"server": { },
"app-shell": { }
}
-
The
architect/build
section configures defaults for options of theng build
command. See Build target below for more information. -
The
architect/serve
section overrides build defaults and supplies additional serve defaults for theng serve
command. In addition to the options available for theng build
command, it adds options related to serving the app. -
The
architect/e2e
section overrides build-option defaults for building end-to-end testing apps using theng e2e
command. -
The
architect/test
section overrides build-option defaults for test builds and supplies additional test-running defaults for theng test
command. -
The
architect/lint
section configures defaults for options of theng lint
command, which performs code analysis on project source files. The default linting tool for Angular is TSLint. -
The
architect/extract-i18n
section configures defaults for options of theng extract-i18n
command, which extracts marked message strings from source code and outputs translation files. -
The
architect/server
section configures defaults for creating a Universal app with server-side rendering, using theng run <project>:server
command. -
The
architect/app-shell
section configures defaults for creating an app shell for a progressive web app (PWA), using theng run <project>:app-shell
command.
In general, the options for which you can configure defaults correspond to the command options listed in the CLI reference page for each command. Note that all options in the configuration file must use camelCase, rather than dash-case.
{@a build-target}
Build target
The architect/build
section configures defaults for options of the ng build
command. It has the following top-level properties.
PROPERTY | DESCRIPTION |
---|---|
builder |
The npm package for the build tool used to create this target. The default builder for an application (ng build myApp ) is @angular-devkit/build-angular:browser , which uses the webpack package bundler. Note that a different builder is used for building a library (ng build myLib ). |
options |
This section contains default build target options, used when no named alternative configuration is specified. See Default build targets below. |
configurations |
This section defines and names alternative configurations for different intended destinations. It contains a section for each named configuration, which sets the default options for that intended environment. See Alternate build configurations below. |
{@a build-configs}
Alternate build configurations
By default, a production
configuration is defined, and the ng build
command has --prod
option that builds using this configuration. The production
configuration sets defaults that optimize the app in a number of ways, such as bundling files, minimizing excess whitespace, removing comments and dead code, and rewriting code to use short, cryptic names ("minification").
You can define and name additional alternate configurations (such as stage
, for instance) appropriate to your development process. Some examples of different build configurations are stable
, archive
and next
used by AIO itself, and the individual locale-specific configurations required for building localized versions of an app. For details, see Internationalization (i18n).
You can select an alternate configuration by passing its name to the --configuration
command line flag.
You can also pass in more than one configuration name as a comma-separated list. For example, to apply both stage
and fr
build configurations, use the command ng build --configuration stage,fr
. In this case, the command parses the named configurations from left to right. If multiple configurations change the same setting, the last-set value is the final one.
If the --prod
command line flag is also used, it is applied first, and its settings can be overridden by any configurations specified via the --configuration
flag.
{@a build-props}
Additional build and test options
The configurable options for a default or targeted build generally correspond to the options available for the ng build
, ng serve
, and ng test
commands. For details of those options and their possible values, see the CLI Reference.
Some additional options can only be set through the configuration file, either by direct editing or with the ng config
command.
OPTIONS PROPERTIES | DESCRIPTION |
---|---|
assets |
An object containing paths to static assets to add to the global context of the project. The default paths point to the project's icon file and its assets folder. See more in Assets configuration below. |
styles |
An array of style files to add to the global context of the project. Angular CLI supports CSS imports and all major CSS preprocessors: sass/scss, less, and stylus. See more in Styles and scripts configuration below. |
stylePreprocessorOptions |
An object containing option-value pairs to pass to style preprocessors. See more in Styles and scripts configuration below. |
scripts |
An object containing JavaScript script files to add to the global context of the project. The scripts are loaded exactly as if you had added them in a <script> tag inside index.html . See more in Styles and scripts configuration below. |
budgets |
Default size-budget type and threshholds for all or parts of your app. You can configure the builder to report a warning or an error when the output reaches or exceeds a threshold size. See Configure size budgets. (Not available in test section.) |
fileReplacements |
An object containing files and their compile-time replacements. See more in Configure target-specific file replacements. |
{@a complex-config}
Complex configuration values
The options assets
, styles
, and scripts
can have either simple path string values, or object values with specific fields.
The sourceMap
and optimization
options can be set to a simple Boolean value with a command flag, but can also be given a complex value using the configuration file.
The following sections provide more details of how these complex values are used in each case.
{@a asset-config}
Assets configuration
Each build
target configuration can include an assets
array that lists files or folders you want to copy as-is when building your project.
By default, the src/assets/
folder and src/favicon.ico
are copied over.
"assets": [ "src/assets", "src/favicon.ico" ]
To exclude an asset, you can remove it from the assets configuration.
You can further configure assets to be copied by specifying assets as objects, rather than as simple paths relative to the workspace root. A asset specification object can have the following fields.
glob
: A node-glob usinginput
as base directory.input
: A path relative to the workspace root.output
: A path relative tooutDir
(default isdist/
project-name). Because of the security implications, the CLI never writes files outside of the project output path.ignore
: A list of globs to exclude.
For example, the default asset paths can be represented in more detail using the following objects.
"assets": [ { "glob": "**/*", "input": "src/assets/", "output": "/assets/" }, { "glob": "favicon.ico", "input": "src/", "output": "/" } ]
You can use this extended configuration to copy assets from outside your project. For example, the following configuration copies assets from a node package:
"assets": [ { "glob": "**/*", "input": "./node_modules/some-package/images", "output": "/some-package/" } ]
The contents of node_modules/some-package/images/
will be available in dist/some-package/
.
The following example uses the ignore
field to exclude certain files in the assets folder from being copied into the build:
"assets": [ { "glob": "/*", "input": "src/assets/", "ignore": ["/*.svg"], "output": "/assets/" } ]
{@a style-script-config}
Styles and scripts configuration
An array entry for the styles
and scripts
options can be a simple path string, or an object that points to an extra entry-point file.
The associated builder will load that file and its dependencies as a separate bundle during the build.
With a configuration object, you have the option of naming the bundle for the entry point, using a bundleName
field.
The bundle is injected by default, but you can set inject
to false to exclude the bundle from injection.
For example, the following object values create and name a bundle that contains styles and scripts, and excludes it from injection:
"styles": [ { "input": "src/external-module/styles.scss", "inject": false, "bundleName": "external-module" } ], "scripts": [ { "input": "src/external-module/main.js", "inject": false, "bundleName": "external-module" } ]
You can mix simple and complex file references for styles and scripts.
"styles": [ "src/styles.css", "src/more-styles.css", { "input": "src/lazy-style.scss", "inject": false }, { "input": "src/pre-rename-style.scss", "bundleName": "renamed-style" }, ]
{@a style-preprocessor}
Style preprocessor options
In Sass and Stylus you can make use of the includePaths
functionality for both component and global styles, which allows you to add extra base paths that will be checked for imports.
To add paths, use the stylePreprocessorOptions
option:
"stylePreprocessorOptions": { "includePaths": [ "src/style-paths" ] }
Files in that folder, such as src/style-paths/_variables.scss
, can be imported from anywhere in your project without the need for a relative path:
// src/app/app.component.scss
// A relative path works
@import '../style-paths/variables';
// But now this works as well
@import 'variables';
Note that you will also need to add any styles or scripts to the test
builder if you need them for unit tests.
See also Using runtime-global libraries inside your app.
Optimization configuration
The optimization
browser builder option can be either a Boolean or an Object for more fine-tune configuration. This option enables various optimizations of the build output, including:
- Minification of scripts and styles
- Tree-shaking
- Dead-code elimination
- Inlining of critical CSS
- Fonts inlining
There are several options that can be used to fine-tune the optimization of an application.
Option | Description | Value Type | Default Value |
---|---|---|---|
scripts |
Enables optimization of the scripts output. | boolean |
true |
styles |
Enables optimization of the styles output. | boolean|Styles optimization options |
true |
fonts |
Enables optimization for fonts. Note: This requires internet access. |
boolean|Fonts optimization options |
true |
Styles optimization options
Option | Description | Value Type | Default Value |
---|---|---|---|
minify |
Minify CSS definitions by removing extraneous whitespace and comments, merging identifiers and minimizing values. | boolean |
true |
inlineCritical |
Extract and inline critical CSS definitions to improve First Contentful Paint. | boolean |
false |
Fonts optimization options
Option | Description | Value Type | Default Value |
---|---|---|---|
inline |
Reduce render blocking requests by inlining external Google fonts and icons CSS definitions in the application's HTML index file. Note:This requires internet access. |
boolean |
true |
You can supply a value such as the following to apply optimization to one or the other:
"optimization": { "scripts": true, "styles": { "minify": true, "inlineCritical": true }, "fonts": true }
For Universal, you can reduce the code rendered in the HTML page by
setting styles optimization to true
.
Source map configuration
The sourceMap
browser builder option can be either a Boolean or an Object for more fine-tune configuration to control the source maps of an application.
Option | Description | Value Type | Default Value |
---|---|---|---|
scripts |
Output source maps for all scripts. | boolean |
true |
styles |
Output source maps for all styles. | boolean |
true |
vendor |
Resolve vendor packages source maps. | boolean |
false |
hidden |
Output source maps used for error reporting tools. | boolean |
false |
The example below shows how to toggle one or more values to configure the source map outputs:
"sourceMap": { "scripts": true, "styles": false, "hidden": true, "vendor": true }
When using hidden source maps, source maps will not be referenced in the bundle. These are useful if you only want source maps to map error stack traces in error reporting tools, but don't want to expose your source maps in the browser developer tools.