In this chapter, we are going to craft a basic scaffold for our project that suits the needs of our chat application. Let's get started:
- Create a new project folder.
- Run the following command to initialize a new project:
ng new chat-app
- Regarding the question about Angular routing support, answer Yes or type y:
Would you like to add Angular routing? (y/N)
y
- Regarding the question about stylesheet format, pick SCSS:
Which stylesheet format would you like to use?
SCSS
- In the Angular CLI, you will see the following output:
![](https://static.packt-cdn.com/products/9781838552206/graphics/assets/5c79e4cb-6107-4ce5-837b-ce875a19bbd9.png)
- Try out the app using the ng serve --open command:
![](https://static.packt-cdn.com/products/9781838552206/graphics/assets/188277a5-3e9d-41aa-93a1-b5d42c515db6.png)
We are doing well so far. Now, it's time to configure the Electron Shell.