Get started with Angular quickly with online starters or locally with your terminal.
Play Online
If you just want to play around with Angular in your browser without setting up a project, you can use our online sandbox:
Setup a new project locally
If you're starting a new project, you'll most likely want to create a local project so that you can use tooling such as Git.
Prerequisites
- Node.js - v^18.19.1 or newer
- Text editor - We recommend Visual Studio Code
- Terminal - Required for running Angular CLI commands
Instructions
The following guide will walk you through setting up a local Angular project.
Install Angular CLI
Open a terminal (if you're using Visual Studio Code, you can open an integrated terminal) and run the following command:
npm install -g @angular/cli
If you are having issues running this command in Windows or Unix, check out the CLI docs for more info.
Create a new project
In your terminal, run the CLI command ng new with the desired project name. In the following examples, we'll be using the example project name of my-first-angular-app.
ng new <project-name>
You will be presented with some configuration options for your project. Use the arrow and enter keys to navigate and select which options you desire.
If you don't have any preferences, just hit the enter key to take the default options and continue with the setup.
After you select the configuration options and the CLI runs through the setup, you should see the following message:
✔ Packages installed successfully. Successfully initialized git.
At this point, you're now ready to run your project locally!
Running your new project locally
In your terminal, switch to your new Angular project.
cd my-first-angular-app
All of your dependencies should be installed at this point (which you can verify by checking for the existent for a node_modules folder in your project), so you can start your project by running the command:
npm start
If everything is successful, you should see a similar confirmation message in your terminal:
Watch mode enabled. Watching for file changes...NOTE: Raw file sizes do not reflect development server per-request transformations. ➜ Local: http://localhost:4200/ ➜ press h + enter to show help
And now you can visit the path in Local (e.g., http://localhost:4200) to see your application. Happy coding! 🎉
Next steps
Now that you've created your Angular project, you can learn more about Angular in our Essentials guide or choose a topic in our in-depth guides!