Building the Spartacus Storefront using 2.x Libraries

The following instructions describe how to build a storefront application using published Spartacus 2.x libraries. If you are building Spartacus from source, see Contributor Setup.

Prerequisites

Before carrying out the procedures below, ensure the following front end and back end requirements are in place.

Front-End Development Requirements

Your Angular development environment should include the following:

Angular CLI: 9.1 or later, < 10.0.
node.js: 10.14.1 or later, < 13.0. The most recent 12.x version is recommended.
yarn: 1.15 or later.

Back End Server Requirements

Spartacus uses SAP Commerce Cloud for its back end, and makes use of the sample data. Release 2005 is recommended, although Spartacus works with 1905 as well; the difference is in the APIs available (such as cancellations and returns and the Commerce Organization feature). No matter the version, the latest patch is required, as important fixes as often added that affect Spartacus.

For more information, see Installing SAP Commerce Cloud for use with Spartacus.

Creating a New Angular App

The following procedure describes how to create a new Angular application with the name mystore.

Open a terminal or command prompt window at the location of your choice.
Using the Angular CLI, generate a new Angular application with the following command:
```
ng new mystore --style=scss
```
When prompted for Angular routing, enter n for ‘no’.

The mystore folder and the new app are created.
Access the newly created mystore folder with the following command:
```
 cd mystore
```

Spartacus Project Setup

The easiest way to start a new project is to use Angular Schematics to quickly set up your application.

For a full list of available parameters please visit Spartacus schematics documentation.

Setting up the project using schematics

To install the latest release of Spartacus 2.0 using schematics:

ng add @spartacus/schematics

To install the latest ‘Next’ or Release Candidate, you can add @next or @rc at the end of the command.

To verify what versions of Spartacus libraries were installed, open the file package.json and look for @spartacus.

Install dependencies

Install dependencies needed by your Spartacus app with the following command:

yarn install

Check app.module.ts for base URL and other settings

Open the src\app\app.module.ts file, and check for any changes you want to make for your setup.

For example, check:

baseUrl: Points to your SAP Commerce Cloud server
prefix: Defines the prefix to OCC calls; change /rest/v2/ to /occ/v2/ if using release 2005
features.level: Defines the compatibility level
context: Defines the site context such as base site, language, and currency. For example, to see the base site in the URL and add Apparel store support, change context to the following:
```
 context: {
   urlParameters: ['baseSite', 'language', 'currency'],
   baseSite: ['electronics-spa','apparel-uk-spa'],
   currency: ['USD', 'GBP',]
 },
```

Starting your Spartacus app

Start your app with the following command:

yarn start

Your app will be compiled and then started.

To display your storefront, assuming everything is installed locally, browse to http://localhost:4200. If you installed Electronics sample data and the Spartacus Sample Data Addon, the Spartacus storefront for Electronics should appear.

Note: If your storefront doesn’t appear, likely you have to accept a privacy certificate. To do so, browse to https://localhost:9002/rest/v2/electronics/cms/pages, and then accept the privacy certificate. This step is necessary because your browser will block calls to app will make calls to localhost:9002 due to security settings. To see the browser message, right-click in your browser, select Inspect, then click Console.

You can display the Apparel storefront through this URL: http://localhost:4200/apparel-uk-spa/en-GBP

Congratulations! You’ve built your first Spartacus storefront.