Angular 6 for Enterprise-Ready Web Applications

Builder

The first stage is builder. We need a lightweight build environment that can ensure consistent builds across the board. For this purpose, I've created a sample Alpine-based Node build environment complete with npm, bash, and git tools. For more information on why we're using Alpine and Node, refer to Chapter 3, Prepare Angular App for Production Release, in the Containerizing the App using Docker section:

1. Implement a new npm script to build your Angular app:

"scripts": {  "build:prod": "ng build --prod",}

2. Inherit from a Node.js based build environment like node:10.1 or duluca/minimal-node-build-env:8.11.2
3. Implement your environment specific build script, as shown here:

Note that at the time of publishing a bug in low-level npm ...