NavbarComponent

This project was generated with Angular CLI version 14.0.2.

How can I create and publish an Angular component to NPM?

• Sign up to npm

The first thing you need to publish an Angular component to npm is an npm account, you can sign up for free.

• Install Node & npm

You probably already have it installed if you have created projects in Angular.

• Install the Angular CLI

Also, you probably already have it installed.

Install the Angular CLI globally with command npm i -g @angular/cli

• Create a new workspace for your Angular component project

Create a new Angular workspace with the command ng new <workspace-name> --create-application=false

The --create-application=false flag prevents a default Angular application project from being created, because you'll be creating a library project for your component.

Then navigate into the workspace folder with the command cd <workspace-name>

• Create a new Angular library project

Create a new library project for your component with the command ng generate library <project-name> (from inside the workspace folder)

• Remove unused files from project

The generated Angular library project comes with a component and a service, so if you only need a component you can delete the service and associated files with the following steps:

-> Delete the service file projects/<project-name>/src/lib/<project-name>.service.ts

-> Delete the service test file projects/<project-name>/src/lib/<project-name>.service.spec.ts

-> Update the public api file projects/<project-name>/src/public-api.ts to remove the reference to the deleted service file

• Update the Angular component with your code

Replace the generated Angular component with the custom component that you want to publish to npm.

As an example, below is the component code for the lidias-navigation-bar npm package that I published:

• Build your Angular component

Run the command ng build <project-name> from your workspace folder to build your component, the output files are created in the dist/ folder.

• Login to the npm registry with the npm cli

Run npm login from the command line and enter the credentials that you used to sign up to npmjs.com in the first step.

• Publish your Angular component to npm!

Navigate to the project dist folder with the command cd dist/<project-name>

Run the command npm publish to publish the component the npm.

And that's it! We already have our angular component published in npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/lidias-navigation-bar

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This page was a great help to me: https://jasonwatmore.com/post/2020/06/16/angular-npm-how-to-publish-an-angular-component-to-npm

Development server

Run ng serve for a dev server. Navigate to http://localhost:4200/. The application will automatically reload if you change any of the source files.