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Reputation: 75

The command "ng serve" works in command prompt but doesn't work vs code for the same project

I'm new to working with either Angular or visual studio code. I installed node.js and npm which are working fine. The command for running a project ng serve, runs perfectly on the command prompt. But, when I switch to the terminal area of the vs code and run the same command ng serve, it throws an error as below.

ng : The term 'ng' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, 
verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ ng serve
+ ~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (ng:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Then again, if I use npm run ng serve, it works just like how it should work in vs code terminal. Is it how it works? If not, what should I do to make it work to just use ng serve to run the project?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 7645

Answers (2)

Chris Wilson
Chris Wilson

Reputation: 135

Hopefully this saves someone headache in the future - I had this exact problem, because I switch terminals a lot and I also switch node versions using nvm when Im dealing with developing on different Angular versions... The reason I kept getting 'command ng not found', was because each version of node that you use has its OWN node_modules global folder, so you need to install angular globally for each node version. My folder structure was $HOME/.nvm/versions/x.x.x/lib/node_modules/@angular

Make sure you install your packages globally for EACH node version you use with nvm!

Upvotes: 0

The Learning Network
The Learning Network

Reputation: 54

I think you can Shift + Right click in your folder so you can open powershell and then do npm install -g @angular/cli and then generate your project. I think it should work.

Upvotes: 1

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