# ng serve

## Overview
`ng serve` builds the application and starts a web server

## Options
`--port` (`-p`) port to serve the application on

`--host` (`-H`)

`--proxy-config` (`-pc`)

`--watcher` (`-w`) provide a new watcher

`--live-reload` (`-lr`) flag to turn off live reloading

`--live-reload-host` (`-lrh`) specify the host for live reloading

`--live-reload-base-url` (`-lrbu`) specify the base URL for live reloading

`--live-reload-port` (`-lrp`) port for live reloading

`--live-reload-live-css` flag to live reload CSS

`--target` (`-t`, `-dev`, `-prod`) target environment

`--environment` (`-e`) build environment

`--ssl` flag to turn on SSL

`--ssl-key` path to the SSL key

`--ssl-cert` path to the SSL cert

`--aot` flag to turn on Ahead of Time compilation

`--open` (`-o`) opens the app in the default browser

`--extract-css` extract css from global styles onto css files instead of js ones