In our previous video we learned how to use the Angular CLI to create our first Angular application. Now it's time to prepare it for production. That requires some building, bundling, minifying and "Ahead of Time" compilation. In this video we will learn how simple it can be by using the Angular CLI.
TL;DW (Too long, didn’t watch): You can simply append the
--aotto your build instruction, likeng build --prod --aot. Ya, it’s really that damn simple
UPDATE (March 1st, 2017) - The Angular CLI now automatically builds with AoT enabled if you use the
--prodflag. So there’s no need to add it explicitly. The--aotflag still remains though if you wanted to use AoT in dev mode for instance.
This video you will learn about…
- how to use the Angular CLI to create a production bundle
- what Ahead-of-time (AoT) compilation is about
- how to use the Angular CLI to activate AoT compilation
You can download the source code I use in the video from my repository.
Links
Angular Docs Cookbook: Ahead of Time Compilation
Learn how to use Ahead-of-time compilation https://angular.io/docs/ts/latest/cookbook/aot-compiler.html
Learn how to use Ahead-of-time compilation https://angular.io/docs/ts/latest/cookbook/aot-compiler.html
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