Need to update packages to get this to work

[nachbar]

I followed the instructions in the book:

git clone https://github.com/angular-in-action/invoice
cd invoice
git checkout start
npm install

However, I get a build error. Also, ng serve gives an error.

The problem seems to be that some of the packages do not work with my (current) version of node:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-sass

Fixing that seems to require:
npm install node-sass
npm install fsevents

Now, ng serve compiles successfully
But you still have to start the api server to get the application to run:
npm run api

[drievkoo]

I am getting a ton of compilation errors starting from MdIconModule and others.

[gnomeontherun]

This is a limitation of Angular and dependencies, you can downgrade Node versions to v8 and should be able to correctly build and compile for this version of Angular.

[iTaylor5]

I changed my Node version to 8 as per your recommendation, but Angular CLI is not happy about it and throws an error.

ng serve
Node.js version v8.17.0 detected.
The Angular CLI requires a minimum Node.js version of either v12.20, v14.15, or v16.10.

Please update your Node.js version or visit https://nodejs.org/ for additional instructions.

What could I do to run this application?

[gnomeontherun]

Given the drift of Angular dependencies and Node changes, the best thing would be to do the following using a newer version of Node and latest Angular CLI. I'm writing this quickly without testing, but it should get you close and I'll try to test when I have some time next week.

1. Create a new project

ng new invoices

2. Copy some files or directories (override the same paths from this repo into the new project)

db.json
src/

3. Add a snippet in angular.json in the scripts array

"node_modules/@covalent/core/common/platform.scss",

4. Then you can do ng serve. If other errors appear it might be due to some other things that I haven't tested yet so let me know.