a bunch of helpful bash commands

bash w node toolbox

// see what you have installed globally
 npm ls -g --depth 0



//quickly scss compile files 
$ node-sass site.scss site.css
//or
$ node-sass /dir /out

//yarn provides vanilla angular 
$ yarn add xxxx
$ yarn add angular
$ yarn add angular-material

//angular cli provides angular with typescript
$ npm install -g angular-cli
$ ng new xxxx
$ cd xxxx
$ ng serve

//start a local http server 
$cd xxxx
$http-server

//start a local http server with watch functionality (and much more)
$ cd xxxx
$ watch-http-server

//-p Port to use (defaults to 8080)
//-a Address to use (defaults to 0.0.0.0)
//-d Show directory listings (defaults to 'True')
//-i Display autoIndex (defaults to 'True')
//-e or --ext Default file extension if none supplied (defaults to 'html')
//-s or --silent Suppress log messages from output
//--cors Enable CORS via the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header
//-o Open browser window after staring the server
//-S or --ssl Enable https.
//-C or --cert Path to ssl cert file (default: cert.pem).
//-K or --key Path to ssl key file (default: key.pem).
//-h or --help Print this list and exit.

$ watch-http-server -o -s -p 9001 -a localhost

//For best results, uses node-sass --watch and watch-http-server 
//while coding. As you change scss node-sass will pick up on them and then 
//watch-http-server will see the css change.