Build Angular with Rspack

The goal of @ng-rspack/build and @ng-rspack/nx is to make easy and straightforward to build Angular applications with rspack.

Current Status: POC

Currently, this is still being viewed as a proof-of-concept.

There needs to be a lot more comprehensive testing before this is viable for real applications.

Current Objective: HMR

The current objective is to get HMR working correctly.

Right now, the state of it is as follows:

• The global ng module is missing, causing warnings when HMR updates are applied.
• Only changes to the following cause an HMR update:
  • Global Styles
  • Inline Templates
  • TS portion of Components
• The following need support (non-exhaustive):
  • Inline Styles
  • Template Files
  • Component Style Files

Getting started

# Create a new nx workspace
npx create-nx-workspace ng-rspack-test
# Choose options:
# - Stack: None
# - Integrated Monorepo
# - CI: Do it later
# - Remote caching: Up to you

# Change into project directory and install the ng-rspack-build package
cd ng-rspack-test
npm install @ng-rspack/nx

# Run the app generator
npx nx g @ng-rspack/nx:app apps/myapp
# Choose stylesheet format and e2e framework

# Serve the app
npx nx serve myapp

# Build the app
npx nx build myapp

# Run the e2e tests
npx nx e2e myapp-e2e