Instead of using the devserver bundled with angular-cli ( ng serve ), you want to use your own Node. js-powered server. Also, you DON’T WANT TO STATICALLY BUILD your app ( ng build ). You want to serve the live build (which has to be generated automatically by the server).

What server does ng serve?

Serving your Angular application— ng serve Under the hood, the Angular CLI uses Webpack to compile your code, and the Webpack Dev Server as a web server with live reloading functionality which means that if you change any of your source files, your Angular application will automatically reload in the browser.

What is difference between npm start and Ng serve?

npm start runs an arbitrary command specified in the package’s “start” property of its “scripts” object. If no “start” property is specified on the “scripts” object, it will run node server. js. It seems like ng serve starts the embedded server whereas npm start starts the Node servers.