Sample Angular Web application

• This project was generated with Angular CLI version 1.7.3
• Firebase function project was generated with Firebase CLI
• It uses Angular javascript framework version 5.x
• It uses Angular Material 2 components, styles, fonts and icons
• It uses Angular Flex Layout for Responsive layout
• Node 8.10.0 or higher and NPM 5.6.0 or higher dependencies are required

Run locally

Angular App
 npm install
 npm start
 npm run api
Firebase function
 npm run compile-functions   (compile only)
 npm run deploy-functions    (compile and deploy)

Tested with

Node: 8.10.0
NPM: 6.0.0
Angular CLI: 1.7.4
Angular: 5.2.4
OS: win32 x64

Quick Installation Instructions

npm install -g @angular/cli@latest

uninstall and re-install Angular CLI to the latest version

npm uninstall -g angular-cli
npm cache clean
npm install -g @angular/cli@latest

Depending on your system, you may need to prefix the above commands with sudo.

Update Angular CLI for local project

rm -rf node_modules
npm uninstall --save-dev angular-cli
npm install --save-dev @angular/cli@latest
npm install

Steps for creating this application

Create new application using ng-cli
 ng new sample-app --prefix sample --style scss --routing
Installing npm package dependencies
 cd sample-app
 npm install --save @angular/material @angular/animations @angular/cdk
 npm install --save @angular/flex-layout
 npm install --save material-design-icons
 npm install --save typeface-roboto
 npm install --save material-design-iconic-font
 npm install --save hammerjs
 npm install --save vis
 npm install --save-dev json-server
Creating new components
 ng generate component components/navbar --module app
 ng generate component components/home --module app
 ng generate component components/about --module app
 ng generate component components/tags --module app
 ng generate component components/networkgraph --module app
 ng generate component components/product --module app
Creating new services
 ng generate service services/category --module app --spec false
 ng generate service services/question --module app --spec false
 ng generate service services/tag --module app --spec false
 ng generate service services/product --module app --spec false
 ng generate class model/category --spec false
 ng generate class model/department --spec false

Add Apollo/GraphQL to the Application

Installing npm package dependencies
 cd sample-app
 npm install apollo-angular apollo-angular-link-http apollo-client apollo-cache-inmemory --save
 npm install graphql-tag graphql --save
Apollo codegen
 npm install -g apollo-codegen
 npm install -g graphql-code-generator
 apollo-codegen introspect-schema http://localhost:8080/graphql --output schema.json
 gql-gen --file schema.json --template typescript

Create Docker image for static site

Build Docker image
 docker build -t sample-app .  
Run Docker Image
 docker run --name sample-app -p 80:80 -d sample-app
Run Bash Shell
 docker exec -it sample-app bash

VSCode hot keys

Windows:
 (Ctrl+Shift+P) Open Command Palette
 (Ctrl+K Ctrl+S) Keyboard Shortcuts
 (Ctrl+K V) Markdown: Open Preview to the Side
Mac:

VSCode Extensions

code --list-extensions
ajhyndman.jslint
dbaeumer.vscode-eslint
eamodio.gitlens
esbenp.prettier-vscode
PeterJausovec.vscode-docker
PKief.material-icon-theme
wesbos.theme-cobalt2

Adding project to Github

git init
git add .
git commit -m "initial commit"
git remote add origin git@github.com:ketangit/sample-app.git
git push -u origin master

Add below in package.json for firebase functions and express

  npm install -g firebase-tools
  npm install --save firebase-admin firebase-functions
  npm install --save express fs-extra @types/express
  "compile-functions": "rmdir /s/q functions\\lib & tsc --project functions"
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "^4.16.2",
    "firebase-admin": "^5.8.2",
    "firebase-functions": "^0.8.1",
    "fs-extra": "^5.0.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@types/express": "^4.11.1",
    "tslint": "^5.8.0",
    "typescript": "^2.6.1"
  }

API Endpoints (sample data)

• https://sample-app-4.firebaseapp.com
• https://us-central1-sample-app-4.cloudfunctions.net/api/data/categories
• https://us-central1-sample-app-4.cloudfunctions.net/api/data/questions
• https://us-central1-sample-app-4.cloudfunctions.net/api/data/tagList
• https://us-central1-sample-app-4.cloudfunctions.net/api/data/departments
• https://us-central1-sample-app-4.cloudfunctions.net/api/data/engines
• https://us-central1-sample-app-4.cloudfunctions.net/api/data/tasks
• https://us-central1-sample-app-4.cloudfunctions.net/api/data/jobs

Credit / Prior Art

• https://www.sitepoint.com/beginners-guide-node-package-manager/
• https://zavoloklom.github.io/material-design-iconic-font/icons.html
• https://material2-demoapp.firebaseapp.com/
• Real World Angular App Github source
• https://blog.realworldfullstack.io/real-world-angular-part-2-its-a-material-world-2d70238ef8ef
• https://alligator.io/angular/angular-material-2/
• https://coursetro.com/posts/code/29/Working-with-Angular-2-Material
• https://loiane.com/2017/09/continuous-integration-with-angular-cli-travis-ci-firebase-greenkeeper-github/
• https://blog.angular-university.io/angular-material-data-table/
• https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-material2-table?file=app%2Fapp.component.html
• https://firebase.google.com/docs/functions/typescript
• https://codeburst.io/graphql-server-on-cloud-functions-for-firebase-ae97441399c0