How to add font-awesome to Angular 2 + CLI project

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Matheus Mello
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published a few days ago. updated a few hours ago

πŸŽ‰πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’»Hey there, Angular enthusiasts!πŸ‘‹ Are you ready to level up your Angular 2+ projects by adding some font-awesome awesomeness?πŸ’ͺ😎

I'm here to guide you through the process step by step, so let's dive in and make your project shine!✨✨

πŸ”§ Preparing the Ground

Before we get started, make sure you have a working Angular 2+ project set up with Angular CLI. If you haven't done that yet, you can easily create a new project by running the following command in your terminal:

ng new my-awesome-project
cd my-awesome-project

Now, let's get to the good stuff - adding font-awesome!🌟

πŸ“¦ Installing font-awesome

To install font-awesome, open your terminal and navigate to your Angular project's root directory. Then, run the following command:

npm install font-awesome

That's it! You now have font-awesome installed in your project. Easy peasy!πŸŽ‰

🎯 Adding font-awesome to your project

Now that font-awesome is installed, you have two options for adding it to your project - via the styles.css file or using the angular.json configuration file. Let me show you both approaches:

1️⃣ Adding font-awesome via styles.css

Open your styles.css file located in the src/ folder of your project. Scroll to the bottom and add the following line:

@import '~font-awesome/css/font-awesome.css';

Save the file and voila! You can now start using the font-awesome icons throughout your project.πŸ’ƒβœ¨

2️⃣ Adding font-awesome using angular.json

Open your angular.json file located in the root directory of your project. Inside the "styles" array, add the font-awesome CSS path as follows:

"styles": [
    "src/styles.css",
    "node_modules/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.css"
],

Save the file, and font-awesome will be included in your project. Time to rock and roll!🀘🎸

🌈 Using font-awesome in your Angular components

Now that you have font-awesome set up, you can use its awesome icons in your Angular components. Here's how you do it:

  1. In your component's HTML file, add a tag with the desired font-awesome class. For example:

<i class="fa fa-heart"></i>
  1. That's it! Save your file, and the font-awesome heart icon will magically appear on your page.πŸ’–

Feel free to explore the font-awesome icon library for more icons and classes to enhance your Angular project's user interface. The sky's the limit!β˜οΈπŸš€

πŸ’Ό Call-to-Action

Congratulations, you've successfully added font-awesome to your Angular 2+ project!πŸ‘πŸŽŠ

Now it's time for you to take your project to the next level. Share your newly acquired knowledge with your fellow developers, and let them know how they can add some font-awesome magic to their projects too!πŸ’«βœ¨

Have any questions or suggestions? Leave a comment below, and let's start a conversation. Together, we can make angular development even more awesome!πŸ’ͺπŸ‘¨β€πŸ’»

Keep coding, keep creating, and keep embracing the awesomeness that Angular offers! Happy coding!πŸ”₯πŸ˜„


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