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Chris Halcrow
Chris Halcrow

Reputation: 31960

What server does ng serve use when using Angular CLI 1.6.0?

What server does this Angular CLI command use, when using Angular CLI 1.6.0?

ng serve

Since webpack is now being used by the Angular CLI for the website bundling, does that mean ng-serve is using the webpack-dev-server (which is a Node.js Express server)? There is some indication in the following Q/A that ng serve possibly used to piggyback off a server used by Ember:

What happens when you run ng serve?

Upvotes: 23

Views: 17317

Answers (2)

Sonu Kapoor
Sonu Kapoor

Reputation: 1637

Yup, its using webpack-dev-server. You can look at the source-code of the ng eject command:

https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/blob/6449a753641340d8fc19a752e1a1ced75f974efa/docs/documentation/1-x/eject.md

Upvotes: 2

Milad
Milad

Reputation: 28590

Try ng eject This command will override your package.json and also generates a file called webpack.config.js in your root directory.

That will give you all the current webpack configuration that your project is using.

When you do that, in your package.json, this is what you'll find :

"scripts": {
    "eject": "ddc eject",
    "build": "webpack",
    "start": "webpack-dev-server",
    "test": "karma start ./karma.conf.js",
    "pree2e": "webdriver-manager update --standalone false --gecko false --quiet",
    "e2e": "protractor ./protractor.conf.js"
  },

As you can see, npm start is using webpack-dev-server.

NOTE: To undo your changes, use git, otherwise AngularCli doesn't provide a way of undoing

Upvotes: 12

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