How to Install Angular 18: A Step-by-Step Beginner's Guide

Angular 18 has arrived, bringing new features and enhancements to one of the most popular front-end frameworks. Whether you’re a seasoned developer or just starting, installing Angular 18 is your first step towards building powerful, scalable web applications. This guide will walk you through the process, ensuring a smooth setup with essential tips along the way.

Fortunately, if you already have experience with Angular 15,16 or 17 the process of starting a new Angular 18 project is pretty much the same.

Also read, Angular Introduction: What It Is, and Why You Should Use It

However, if you have no previous experience with Angular, don’t worry — installing Angular 18 is just a piece of cake.

So, let’s get started…

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Prerequisites

You’re going to need a couple of things before proceeding:

• Node.js
• Node Package Manager (NPM)

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Verify the installation by running the following commands in your terminal:

node -v
npm -v

If you haven’t installed Node.js yet, download and install it from the Node.js official site. During installation, NPM will be installed automatically.  

If you don’t have knowledge of node.js then please check the getting-started-with-node.js article else continue here.

Step 1: Install Angular CLI

The Angular CLI (Command Line Interface) is the quickest and easiest way to get started with an Angular 18 project.

We can use Angular CLI to Create New Projects, generate Application code and library code, and also develop tasks such as component generation, creating Application bundles, deployment, etc…

We’re going to use NPM  to install the Angular CLI globally through the following command.

npm install -g @angular/cli

 Once installed, you can access the CLI tool by typing ng.

To check the version of your Angular CLI, type:

ng -v

It will show the currently installed CLI Version, Great now we have installed CLI and it's ready to use with angular.

Step 2: Create Blank Project in Angular 18 with CLI

Now go to the directory where you want to place the project with CLI and then type:

ng new 

It will prompt you for information about features to include in the initial app project. Accept the defaults by pressing the Enter key.

Step 4: Navigate to Your Project Directory

After the project is created, navigate to your project directory:

cd my-angular-app

It will take some time, once installation completed go to the project directory and type:

ng -v

 It will return actual Angular version we have installed and other info.

Step 3: Serve the Application

To see your new Angular 18 project in action, start the development server by running:

ng serve

Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:4200/. You should see the default Angular welcome page, confirming that your Angular 18 installation was successful.  

👍 Congratulations, You have the latest Angular 18 ready and waiting for you to develop.

Troubleshooting,

If face any difficulties during project creation try clearing the cache using the following command and then reinstall Angular CLI

npm cache clean –force

then run

npm install -g @angular/cli@latest

Also read,

• Getting Started with Nodejs Beginners Guide
• Hello World in Nodejs with Express
• Npm Tutorial

Conclusion:

Thanks for reading.🙏

Installing Angular 18 is straightforward when following these steps. With Angular 18 installed, you're ready to build fast, responsive, and maintainable web applications. Whether you're developing a personal project or a large-scale enterprise application, Angular 18 has the tools and features you need to succeed.

For more tutorials, tips, and resources, be sure to check out our other Angular guides.

Happy coding!

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