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user13637625
user13637625

Reputation:

Angular project directory too large

I am a beginner with Angular and I know almost nothing about it. I created a simple CRUD app, however, my project file size turned out to be 400MB+ which doesn't make sense.
I have no idea how to reduce it. I am guessing I downloaded libraries that I don't use?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2255

Answers (2)

Rick
Rick

Reputation: 1870

when you create an angular project, it downloads about 400MB of code for node_modules, but all of that code is technically "outside" your project. It's not part of your project. Your project is under the "src" folder. or if you do a build, it will be under the "dist" folder.

Upvotes: 3

Akhil
Akhil

Reputation: 1453

400 MB is fine, I am writing this since ng new app from Angular CLI itself creates around 370-400MB node_modules.

If you are concerned about the performance,

I would suggest you to do ng build --prod and check all the generated .js files inside your dist folder.

If you find your main.js and others to be less, then no need to worry.

I cannot comment on the ideal main.js size however I personally ensure it to be around 500-750Kb.

Besides this, I recommend you to keep an eye on you package.json dependencies and remove unwanted deps as too many unwanted deps will potentially increase your npm install time.

Upvotes: 4

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