Angular-IE

Angular App that works on Internet Explorer (ie)

This project was generated with Angular CLI version 8.2.0.

Documentation

Node.js

Angular

AngularCLI

RxJS

Install the Angular CLI

npm install -g @angular/cli

Generate Code scaffolding

ng new command switches used

--style=[css | scss | less | sass | styl]

The style option specifies what CSS preprocessor is used in building the project. the options are: css, scss, less, sass, styl.

--routing

The routing option generates a file app-routing.module.ts file.

--skip-install

This skip-install option disables the npm install after code generation.

--skip-git

Angular CLI Command

ng new ie --routing --style scss --skip-install --skip-git

Code scaffolding

Run ng generate component component-name to generate a new component. You can also use ng generate directive|pipe|service|class|guard|interface|enum|module.

Polyfills

Modify polyfills.ts by uncommenting the lines:

/** IE10 and IE11 require the following for NgClass support on SVG elements */
import 'classlist.js';  // Run `npm install --save classlist.js`.

/** IE10 and IE11 requires the following to support `@angular/animation`. ALL Firefox browsers require the following to support `@angular/animation`. **/
import 'web-animations-js';  // Run `npm install --save web-animations-js`.

IE10 and IE11 requires the following for NgClass support on SVG elements

npm install --save classlist.js

Web Animations @angular/platform-browser/animations

npm install --save web-animations-js

Add a new tsconfig-es5.app.json file

{
 "extends": "./tsconfig.app.json",
 "compilerOptions": {
     "target": "es5" 
  }
}

Modify the angular.json file and add the es5 configuration

"build": {
  "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:browser",
  "options": {
      ...
  },
  "configurations": {
    "production": {
        ...
    },
    "es5": {
      "tsConfig": "./tsconfig-es5.app.json"
    }
  }
},
"serve": {
  "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:dev-server",
  "options": {
      ...
  },
  "configurations": {
    "production": {
     ...
    },
    "es5": {
      "browserTarget": "ie:build:es5"
    }
  }
},

Modify the project.json

    "start": "ng serve --configuration es5",
    "build": "ng build --configuration es5",
    "prod": "ng build --configuration es5 --prod",

Development server

Run ng serve --configuration es5 for a dev server. Navigate to http://localhost:4200/. The app will automatically reload if you change any of the source files.

Code scaffolding

Run ng generate component component-name to generate a new component. You can also use ng generate directive|pipe|service|class|guard|interface|enum|module.

Build

Run ng build --configuration es5 to build the project. The build artifacts will be stored in the dist/ directory. Use the --prod flag for a production build.

Running unit tests

Run ng test to execute the unit tests via Karma.

Running end-to-end tests

Run ng e2e to execute the end-to-end tests via Protractor.

Further help

To get more help on the Angular CLI use ng help or go check out the Angular CLI README.