Angular is a web framework by Google which allows you to create progressive web apps (PWAs) which are single page applications (SPA).
It can also be used to create native mobile or desktop apps.
Note that this is a front-end framework only. You will need to pair it with a back-end framework to get stateful functionality.
This page is about Angular, also known as Angular 2. For AngularJS, the predecessor to Angular, see https://angularjs.org/.
Place the following in the apache config for your site or in an .htaccess file:
Rewrite Rules
RewriteEngine On
# If an existing asset or directory is requested go to it as it is
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_URI} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_URI} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
# If the requested resource doesn't exist, use index.html
RewriteRule ^ /index.html
Express
How to setup an Express server to host your Angular web application:
if(CONFIG.app.useProxy){constmyProxy=httpProxy.createProxyServer({ws:true});console.log(`Proxying to ${CONFIG.app.appProxy}`);router.all('/*',(req:Request,res:Response,next:NextFunction)=>{myProxy.web(req,res,{target:req.protocol+'://'+CONFIG.app.appProxy});});}else{router.all('/*',express.static(CONFIG.app.appFolder));router.all('/*',(req:Request,res:Response,next:NextFunction)=>{res.status(200).sendFile('index.html',{root:CONFIG.app.appFolder});});}
If you are proxying for development, you will also need to proxy websockets:
By default, the HttpClientModule will automatically reflect the XSRF-TOKEN cookie as X-XSRF-TOKEN if the following conditions are met:
XSRF-TOKEN is a cookie under / with HttpOnly set to false.
The outgoing request is not a GET or HEAD request.
The outgoing request path is a relative path of form api/endpoint or //example.com/api/endpoint.
You can also set the name of the cookie and name of the header to something else if you prefer.
Open in new tab
If you're making an SPA, and therefore using client-side routing with routerLink, your buttons and links may not have open in a new link on right click.
See SO for a way to add this.