Angular CLI - ng serve Command



This chapter explains the syntax, argument and options of ng serve command along with an example.

Syntax

The syntax for ng serve command is as follows −

ng serve <project> [options]
ng s <project> [options]

ng serve command builds and serve the application. It rebuilds the application if changes occur. Here project is the name of the application as defined in angular.json.

Arguments

The argument for ng serve command is as follows −

Sr.No. Argument & Syntax Description
1 <project> The name of the project to build. Can be an application or a library.

Options

Options are optional parameters.

Sr.No. Option & Syntax Description
1 --allowedHosts Whitelist of hosts that are allowed to access the dev server.
2 --aot=true|false Build using Ahead of Time compilation.
3 --baseHref=baseHref Base url for the application being built.
4 --buildEventLog=buildEventLog EXPERIMENTAL Output file path for Build Event Protocol events
5 --commonChunk=true|false Use a separate bundle containing code used across multiple bundles.
6 --configuration=configuration

A named build target, as specified in the "configurations" section of angular.json. Each named target is accompanied by a configuration of option defaults for that target. Setting this explicitly overrides the "--prod" flag.

Aliases: -c

7 --deployUrl=deployUrl URL where files will be deployed.
8 --disableHostCheck=true|false

Don't verify connected clients are part of allowed hosts.

Default: false

9 --help=true|false|json|JSON

Shows a help message for this command in the console.

Default: false

10 --hmr=true|false

Enable hot module replacement.

Default: false

11 --hmrWarning=true|false

Show a warning when the --hmr option is enabled.

Default: true

12 --host=host

Host to listen on.

Default: localhost

13 --liveReload=true|false

Whether to reload the page on change, using live-reload.

Default: true

14 --open=true|false

Opens the url in default browser.

Default: false

Aliases: -o

15 --optimization=true|false Enables optimization of the build output.
16 --poll Enable and define the file watching poll time period in milliseconds.
17 --port

Port to listen on.

Default: 4200

18 --prod=true|false Shorthand for "--configuration=production". When true, sets the build configuration to the production target. By default, the production target is set up in the workspace configuration such that all builds make use of bundling, limited tree-shaking, and also limited dead code elimination.
19 --progress=true|false Log progress to the console while building.
20 --proxyConfig=proxyConfig Proxy configuration file.
21 --publicHost=publicHost The URL that the browser client (or live-reload client, if enabled) should use to connect to the development server. Use for a complex dev server setup, such as one with reverse proxies.
22 --servePath=servePath The pathname where the app will be served.
23 --servePathDefaultWarning=true|false

Show a warning when deploy-url/base-href use unsupported serve path values.

Default: true

24 --sourceMap=true|false Output sourcemaps.
25 --ssl=true|false

Serve using HTTPS.

Default: false

26 --sslCert=sslCert SSL certificate to use for serving HTTPS.
27 --sslKey=sslKey SSL key to use for serving HTTPS.
28 --vendorChunk=true|false Use a separate bundle containing only vendor libraries.
29 --verbose=true|false Adds more details to output logging.
30 --watch=true|false

Rebuild on change.

Default: true

First move to an angular project updated using ng build command and then run the command.The chapter is available at https://www.tutorialspoint.com/angular_cli/angular_cli_ng_build.htm.

Example

An example for ng serve command is given below −

\>Node\>TutorialsPoint> ng serve
chunk {main} main.js, main.js.map (main) 14.3 kB [initial] [rendered]
chunk {polyfills} polyfills.js, polyfills.js.map (polyfills) 141 kB [initial] [rendered]
chunk {runtime} runtime.js, runtime.js.map (runtime) 6.15 kB [entry] [rendered]
chunk {styles} styles.js, styles.js.map (styles) 12.4 kB [initial] [rendered]
chunk {vendor} vendor.js, vendor.js.map (vendor) 3 MB [initial] [rendered]
Date: 2020-06-04T04:01:47.562Z - Hash: a90c5fc750c475cdc4d1 - Time: 10164ms
** Angular Live Development Server is listening on localhost:4200, open your browser on http://localhost:4200/ **
: Compiled successfully.

Here ng serve command has built and serve our project TutorialsPoint successfully.Now open http://localhost:4200 in a browser window and verify the output.

Output
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