Introducing the Angular CLI

[MUSIC] 0:00 Hi there, this is James, in this workshop we'll be taking a look at the Angular CLI. 0:05 So what's a CLI? 0:11 The acronym stands for 0:13 Command Line Interface, which is a fancy way of saying that a CLI 0:15 is a collection of commands that you run from, well, from the command line. 0:20 The Angular CLI allows you to easily create, modify, and 0:26 serve angular app instead of being distracted by a web pack or type script 0:30 configuration, the CLI enables you to stay focused on the development of your app. 0:35 It’ll increase the quality of your code, and save you lots of time. 0:41 The Angular CLI started out as a community ran open source project, but 0:45 it’s now part of the core Angular platform, it supports Angular 2 and up. 0:50 The latest version of the CLI at the time of this recording, supports Angular 5.1, 0:56 but it doesn't support Angular JS or 1.x apps. 1:02 So if you're still using the previous version of Angular, 1:07 the Angular CLI won't be for you. 1:10 The code that the CLI generates follows the recommended best 1:14 practices documented in the official Angular Style Guide. 1:17 So the CLI not only makes it easy to get up and running with using Angular, 1:22 it also gives you a way to learn Angular's best coding practices. 1:26 In this workshop you'll learn how to install the Angular CLI and 1:32 use it to generate a new app. 1:36 Then you'll learn how to use the CLI to serve your app locally so 1:37 you can preview your app in a browser while you're developing it. 1:41 We'll also see how you can use the CLI to generate new items for your app, 1:45 and we'll finish up with building and deploying our app to GitHub pages. 1:50 To get the most from this workshop you should be familiar with 1:55 Angular concepts like components, services, and modules. 1:58  You should also be comfortable with reading and 2:03 writing TypeScript, which is a statically typed superset of JavaScript. 2:06 And you should also have some experience with Git and GitHub and 2:11 writing basic commands from the terminal. 2:15 Ready to get started with learning about the Angular CLI? 2:18 Let's start with installing the CLI in the next video. 2:21