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ng serve
Overview
ng serve builds the application and starts a web server.
All the build Options are available in serve, below are the additional options.
Options
host
--host (aliases: -H) default value: localhost
Listens only on localhost by default.
hmr
--hmr default value: false
Enable hot module replacement.
live-reload
--live-reload (aliases: -lr) default value: true
Whether to reload the page on change, using live-reload.
live-reload-client
--live-reload-client
Specify the URL that the live reload browser client will use.
open
--open (aliases: -o) default value: false
Opens the url in default browser.
port
--port (aliases: -p) default value: 4200
Port to listen to for serving.
ssl
--ssl
Serve using HTTPS.
ssl-cert
--ssl-cert (aliases: -) default value:
SSL certificate to use for serving HTTPS.
ssl-key
--ssl-key
SSL key to use for serving HTTPS.
aot
--aot
Build using Ahead of Time compilation.
base-href
--base-href (aliases: -bh)
Base url for the application being built.
deploy-url
--deploy-url (aliases: -d)
URL where files will be deployed.
environment
--environment (aliases: -e)
Defines the build environment.
extract-css
--extract-css (aliases: -ec)
Extract css from global styles onto css files instead of js ones.
i18n-file
--i18n-file
Localization file to use for i18n.
i18n-format
--i18n-format
Format of the localization file specified with --i18n-file.
locale
--locale
Locale to use for i18n.
output-hashing
--output-hashing (aliases: -oh) default value:
Define the output filename cache-busting hashing mode. Possible values: none, all, media, bundles
output-path
--output-path (aliases: -op) default value:
Path where output will be placed.
poll
--poll
Enable and define the file watching poll time period (milliseconds) .
progress
--progress (aliases: -pr) default value: true
Log progress to the console while building.
sourcemap
--sourcemap (aliases: -sm, sourcemaps)
Output sourcemaps.
target
--target (aliases: -t, -dev, -prod) default value: development
Defines the build target.
vendor-chunk
--vendor-chunk (aliases: -vc) default value: true
Use a separate bundle containing only vendor libraries.
verbose
--verbose (aliases: -v) default value: false
Adds more details to output logging.
watch
--watch (aliases: -w)
Run build when files change.
Note
When running ng serve, the compiled output is served from memory, not from disk. This means that the application being served is not located on disk in the dist folder.