Part 2: Building a Single Page Application (SPA) with Angular and Rails

This 6-part blog series takes you through building a single-page application (SPA) using Angular for the frontend and Ruby on Rails for the backend. By the end of this series, you’ll have a fully functional SPA and understand the integration of these two frameworks.
Part 2: Setting Up the Angular Frontend
Now, we’ll create the Angular frontend and prepare it to consume the Rails API.
Step 1: Install Angular CLI and Create a New Project
- Ensure Node.js and npm are installed:
node -v
npm -v
2. Install the Angular CLI:
npm install -g @angular/cli
3. Create a new Angular project:
ng new blog_frontend --routing
cd blog_frontend
Step 2: Install Dependencies
For UI styling, we’ll use Angular Material:
ng add @angular/material
#Choose a theme during installation (e.g., Indigo/Pink).
Step 3: Configure the Angular Environment
Update the src/environments/environment.ts
file with the Rails API URL:
export const environment = {
production: false,
apiUrl: 'http://localhost:3000'
};
Step 4: Set Up Routing
Modify app-routing.module.ts
to define basic routes for your application.
const routes: Routes = [
{ path: '', component: HomeComponent },
{ path: 'articles', component: ArticlesComponent }
];
Generate the required components:
ng generate component Home
ng generate component Articles
To be continued in the part 3.