Angular

Angular and SmartSVG:tm:

The Standard Sample

First we install a minimalist Angular environment

npm install @angular/cli

Then init a minimal Angular project

npx ng new

You will be asked a number of questions. The first is for the directory where you want to host your Angular applicatoin; answer smartSVG. For the other questions you can just use the default settings by pressing return.

After the inital setup is complete enter the smartSVG folder and serve the basic app.

cd smartSVG
npx ng serve

This will compile the standard Angular app and serve it at http://localhost:4200/. Open you browser with this URL and you should see the Angular welcome screen.

Adding SmartSVG:tm: to our Angular App

The Angular welcome screen already contains a number of SVG images. Unfortunately, none of the is smart yet. Thus,in a next step, we will replace the Angular logo with the Equivalent Design SmartSVG:tm: logo.

SmartSVG:tm: as Inline SVG in Angular

As a first exercise we replace the Angular rocket with our Equivalent Design logo. While inside the smartSVG folder open the file src/app/app.component.html, find the line commented <!-- Highlight Card -->.

  <!-- Highlight Card -->
  <div class="card highlight-card card-small">

    <svg id="rocket" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="101.678" height="101.678" viewBox="0 0 101.678 101.678">
      <title>Rocket Ship</title>
  ...
    </svg>
 </div>

Replace the svg element with the content of the smart.svg file and inspect the result in the browser. Zoom or resize your browser window and observe the change when the client window is smaller than 480px. Change the settings of your operating system from light to dark mode and observe the change of the logo.

SmartSVG:tm: as Angular Component

Next we define an Angular component that contains a SmartSVG:tm:.

npx ng generate component smartSVG

This will create a new component in the smart-svg subfolder and add it to your Angular app. Open the file smart-svg/smart-svg.component.html and replace the single line <p>smart-svg works!</p> with the content of the smart.svg file.

Next, while inside the smartSVG folder open the file src/app/app.component.html, find the line commented <!-- Highlight Card --> and add the app-smart-svg component.

  <!-- Highlight Card -->
  <app-smart-svg />
  <div class="card highlight-card card-small">

Inspect the result in the browser at http://localhost:4200/. Zoom or resize your browser window and observe the change when the client window is smaller than 480px. Change the settings of your operating system from light to dark mode and observe the change of the logo.

SmartSVG:tm: as Angular Template

This technique is similar to previous one, with the exception that we use the SVG file directly as a template from the assets directory. First create the smartSVG component

npx ng generate component smartSVG

Ensure that the smart.svg file is at in the src/assets/svg/ folder. Then open the smart-svg/smarg-svg.component.ts file and edit the templateUrl as follows

  templateUrl: '../../assets/svg/smart.svg',

Now add the app-smart-svg component as in the previous section and observe the changes.