NG generate lazy loaded module

[mbeckenbach]

Versions

Angular CLI: 1.5.5
Node: 6.9.5
OS: win32 x64
Angular: 5.0.4

Feature request

Usually all of our feature modules are lazy loaded.
So the developer has to run at least two commands to create a new module to get our default file layout.

ng g m Foo -- routing
ng g c Foo --flat

Then the developer has to add a default route to the new modules routing module as well as the lazy loading route definition to the nearest parent module.

As the syntax and relative paths are allways the same, wouldn't it be possible to add some flags to combine those stepts?

maybe like this:
ng g module Foo --routing --component --lazy
or even simpler
ng g feature Foo (--lazy)

[tomastrajan]

This can be prototyped with custom schematics eg: ng generate lazy-feature where lazy-feature will be a new schematic which can start as a part 3rd party collection and when stable enough can be included in main @schematics/angular repo?

[mbeckenbach]

@tomastrajan
Sound very interesting. Is there any link to a guide on creating custom shcematics?

[tomastrajan]

@mbeckenbach check out this talk from Angular Connect 😉

I am also interested in creating custom schematics but until something is done about this issue and this PR you would have to include original @schematics/angular in your schematics and delegate calls for everything you are not implementing yourself.

After the feature is merged it will be possible just to add your own schematics on top of default ones provided by Angular CLI just by adding your own collection in angular-cli.json.

Cheers!

[Robbie106gti]

They have made it fairly easy to do now, you can just do:
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ng g m lazy --routing

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and add the route to your main router file/const

[doggy8088]

I think this feature has been implemented in v8.1.0.

fdcd1f7

[clydin]

Closing as indicated above.