Generating an Angular 2 project

The first command that we will use with angular-cli is new. This command will create a folder structure for our project and install all the required dependencies. Along with the basic Angular 2 files and modules, angular-cli will install modules for testing, linting, and documenting our code. This book is all about components, so we won't touch most of this stuff. You can read more about the available commands on the official angular-cli page: https://cli.angular.io/.

To generate a new project, follow these steps:

1. Launch the Terminal (or command-line in Windows).
2. Type ng new ng_components and press Enter.

The angular-cli software will generate a new project under the current directory:

Note that the last line prints: Installing packages for tooling via npm. The angular-cli tool will download all the required modules using standard npm command behind the scenes.

That's it! You just generated a complete Angular 2 project with everything you need already...