Getting started with Angular

NodeJS is a Javascript runtime built on Chrome's V;8 Javascript engine. It was initially designated for backend Javascript development, but it is very popular in the frontend development.

Prerequisites

Firstly install NodeJS in your system.

NodeJS

Get the latest NodeJS from NodeJS website, and install it into your local system.

#node -v
v12.7.0

The most attractive feature of NodeJS is its package management, aka NPM. Nowadays, most of the popular Javascript projects are published via NPM registry, which is a central place to share your Javascript package to others. The NPM client tool is shipped with NodeJS installation by default.

>npm -v
6.10.0

Another popular packager is Yarn, which is created by Facebook. Please go to the yarn website to get more details.

VS Code

As a sibling project of Visual Studio, VS Code provides a lightweight code environment for web developers.

Get a copy of VSCode from VS Code website, and install it into your system. To improve Angular code experience, you can install some useful extensions from VSCode marketplace, eg. The Angular Essentials extension pack includes several popular plugins which is helpful to build an Angular application. is helpful to build an Angular application.