Publishing an Angular library to npm

We have already seen how to build an Angular library and consume it in an Angular application when both exist in the same repository or organization. However, there are cases where you may want to make your library available to Angular projects outside your infrastructure via a public package registry such as npm. A usual case is when you want to make your library open source so that other members in the development community can benefit from this. Let's see how to publish our ui-controls library to npm, as follows:

1. If you do not have an npm account, navigate to https://www.npmjs.com/signup to create one. Otherwise, continue to Step 3.
2. Enter the following details and click the Create an Account button:
   

   Figure 9.5 – Creating an npm account

   After your account has been created, you will be redirected to your profile page in npm.

3. Open the package.json file that exists in the projects\ui-controls folder of the Angular CLI workspace...