[FIXED] Configure angular 2 project with maven and spring REST

Issue

I wanted to upgrade my small application from angular 1 to angular 2. I am somewhat new to angular 2 and node configurations. My web application use eclipse and maven. The problem is i could not able to configure using angular 2.

What directory structure should I use?

There are maven plugins available but i am bit confused about the directory structure of my angular 2 app.

Solution

Here from the angular site shows several demonstrations of how to structure an angular 2 project. In an eclipse maven web app I would start my client side files into the src/main/resources folder at the same level as the web-inf folder.

Maven pom.xml, include this into your project. Maven-fronted-plugin shouldn't be used for production. Maven will install two folders at the project root level with this setup, node and node_modules.

<build>
   <plugins>    
        <plugin>
                <groupId>com.github.eirslett</groupId>
                <artifactId>frontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>1.0</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>install node and npm</id>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>install-node-and-npm</goal>
                        </goals>
                        <configuration>
                            <nodeVersion>v5.3.0</nodeVersion>
                            <npmVersion>3.3.12</npmVersion>
                        </configuration>
                    </execution>

                    <execution>
                        <id>npm install</id>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>npm</goal>
                        </goals>
                        <!-- Optional configuration which provides for running any npm command -->
                        <configuration>
                            <arguments>install</arguments>
                        </configuration>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

package.json add this to the root level of the project before maven clean install.

{
  "name": "budget_calculator",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "dependencies": {
    "@angular/common":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
    "@angular/compiler":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
    "@angular/core":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
    "@angular/http":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
    "@angular/platform-browser":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
    "@angular/router":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
    "@angular/router-deprecated":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
    "@angular/upgrade":  "2.0.0-rc.1",
    "systemjs": "0.19.27",
    "core-js": "^2.4.0",
    "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.3",
    "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.6",
    "zone.js": "^0.6.12",
    "angular2-in-memory-web-api": "0.0.10",
    "bootstrap": "^3.3.6"
  }
}

Answered By - Grim
Answer Checked By - Candace Johnson (JavaFixing Volunteer)