6. Implementing an Angular application

6.1 Creating an application with Angular CLI

Let's move on to the creation of an Angular application. To do this, we'll use a tool that acts as a project manager, called Angular CLI. We also assume that web services (the server side) are operational, and that Node.js and its package manager npm have been installed on our computer (Angular CLI needs them).

Angular CLI offers commands for creating projects, and within a project, different software entities, the most common of which are components and modules (which, by grouping components together, can implement major functionalities such as user management, product management, etc.). The code skeletons created by Angular CLI are written in the TypeScript language, which is an extension of JavaScript. This extension...