In order to setup Angular + Bootstrap 4 using SASS we just need to configure the Angular CLI and install the Bootstrap 4 npm package. There is no need to install any SASS compiler because it's already included.
EDIT: this answer has been updated to work with a newer version Angular CLI (tested with version 6.1.3). I left the instructions for the older Angular CLI in the bottom of this answer, however I strongly recommend you to update your Angular CLI version.
INSTRUCTIONS USING NEW ANGULAR CLI (version 6 or higher)
1) Configure Angular CLI to use SASS instead of CSS
- On existing projects:
Edit your angular.json
file and add the "styleext": "scss"
key value to the projects.PROJECT_NAME.schematics.@schematics/angular:component
object.
This is how it should look like:
{
// ...
"projects": {
"PROJECT_NAME": {
// ....
"schematics": {
"@schematics/angular:component": {
"styleext": "scss"
}
},
// ...
}
- When creating a new project
Simply use:
ng new my-project --style=scss
2) Change the existing Component styles from CSS to SASS (if any)
To accomplish this you just need to rename the style file from .css
to .scss
and change the @Component({ ... })
configuration accordingly:
styleUrls: ['./my-component.scss']
In this way the angular-cli will automatically watch and recompile these files whenever they change while you are executing commands like ng serve
.
3) Add Bootstrap 4
Install Bootstrap 4 via npm:
npm install bootstrap --save
Now add Bootstrap to the angular-cli.json
config inside the styles
array (before any other custom css/scss files in order to let them override bootstrap rules :
"styles": [
"node_modules/bootstrap/scss/bootstrap.scss",
/* ... */
],
This way the Bootstrap 4 source code will stay clean and it will be very easy to upgrade it whenever a new version is released.
4) Add your custom (global) SASS files
Any additional SASS styles which should globally affect the project (unlike the single Component styles) can be added under app/assets/scss
and then referenced in the styles
array of angular-cli.json
.
My suggestion is to reference a single main.scss
file which will include all your custom SASS styles: for example a _variables.scss
for your custom variables, a _global.scss
file for your global rules, etc..
So in your angular-cli.json
you will reference just one custom main.scss
file:
"styles": [
"node_modules/bootstrap/scss/bootstrap.scss",
"src/assets/scss/main.scss"
],
which internally includes all your custom global* SASS code:
// main.scss
@import "variables";
@import "global";
// import more custom files...
*Note that you MUST NOT include here the *.scss
style files of the single Components.
5) Include the replacement for Bootstrap JavaScript and jQuery.
There are some projects that allow you to use Bootstrap without jQuery.
Two examples:
ngx-bootstrap
ng-bootstrap
The difference between those two project is discussed here: What is the difference between "ng-bootstrap" and "ngx-bootstrap"?
INSTRUCTIONS USING OLD ANGULAR CLI
WARNING: I will not maintain this part of the answer anymore, so instead to proceed reading it, I recommend to update your Angular CLI version and following the instructions above.
1) Configure Angular CLI to use SASS instead of CSS
Run:
ng set defaults.styleExt scss
this will affect your .angular-cli.json
config file ( example ).
Note: in case you're starting from scratch, you can create a new project using Angular CLI using:
ng new my-project --style=scss
which is the equivalent of creating a new project normally and then running the command mentioned above.
2) Change the existing Component styles from CSS to SASS (if any)
To accomplish this you just need to rename the style file from .css
to .scss
and change the @Component({ ... })
configuration accordingly:
styleUrls: ['./my-component.scss']
( example ).
In this way the angular-cli will automatically watch and recompile these files whenever they change while you are executing commands like ng serve
.
3) Add Bootstrap 4
Install Bootstrap 4 via npm:
npm install bootstrap --save
Now add Bootstrap to the .angular-cli.json
config inside the styles
array (before any other custom css/scss files in order to let them override bootstrap rules :
"styles": [
"../node_modules/bootstrap/scss/bootstrap.scss",
/* ... */
],
( example ).
This way the Bootstrap 4 source code will stay clean and it will be very easy to upgrade it whenever a new version is released.
4) Add your custom (global) SASS files
Any additional SASS styles which should globally affect the project (unlike the single Component styles) can be added under app/assets/scss
and then referenced in the styles
array of .angular-cli.json
.
My suggestion is to reference a single main.scss
file which will include all your custom SASS styles: for example a _variables.scss
for your custom variables, a _global.scss
file for your global rules, etc.. ( example).
So in your .angular-cli.json
you will reference just one custom main.scss
file:
"styles": [
"../node_modules/bootstrap/scss/bootstrap.scss",
"assets/scss/main.scss"
],
which internally includes all your custom global* SASS code:
// main.scss
@import "variables";
@import "global";
// import more custom files...
*Note that you MUST NOT include here the *.scss
style files of the single Components.
5) Include the replacement for Bootstrap JavaScript and jQuery.
There are some projects that allow you to use Bootstrap without jQuery.
Two examples:
ngx-bootstrap
ng-bootstrap
The difference between those two project is discussed here: What is the difference between "ng-bootstrap" and "ngx-bootstrap"?
In addition to @ShinDarth's answer, you may want to go for a more minimal solution, importing only the Bootstrap modules you need instead of them all.
So you would replace:
"styles": [
"../node_modules/bootstrap/scss/bootstrap.scss",
"assets/scss/main.scss"
],
With:
"styles": [
"assets/scss/main.scss"
],
Then your main.scss
would look like:
// import only the Bootstrap modules you need, e.g.
@import "~bootstrap/scss/functions";
@import "~bootstrap/scss/variables";
@import "~bootstrap/scss/mixins";
@import "~bootstrap/scss/grid";
@import "~bootstrap/scss/navbar";
@import "~bootstrap/scss/forms";
// import your own custom files, e.g.
@import "variables";
@import "global";
From version 6
should be
"styles": [
"node_modules/bootstrap/scss/bootstrap.scss",
"src/styles.scss",
"src/assets/scss/main.scss"
]
If you have a custom theme for me works
only adding the lib in the styles.scss
@import "./assets/scss/mytheme";
@import "~bootstrap/scss/bootstrap";
In case someone else run into the Javascript dependencies issue that I had when running Bootstrap 4 using angular-cli, you also need to let the angular-cli compiler know that you have installed the other dependencies that boostrap 4 needs:
jquery, popper.js and bootstrap.js
For that you need to modify the scripts array on the .angular-cli.json configuration file to something like this:
"scripts": [
"../node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.slim.js",
"../node_modules/popper.js/dist/umd/popper.js",
"../node_modules/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js"]
I am guessing that you have installed jquery and popper using npm install --save jquery popper.js so those packages are available on the node_modules folder.
Here is an alternative way I managed to build successfully
1 - Install bootstrap
npm install bootstrap
This should add boostrap scss file under node_modules.
(Step 2 - 6 is from https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/css)
2 - Install node-sass
nmp install -g node-sass
This is need to transpile sass to css
3 - Create a folder whereever is suitable for you to keep scss and generated css files. e.g.
your-project/
├── scss
│ └── custom.scss
└── node_modules/
└── bootstrap
├── js
└── scss
4 - Create a custom.scss file with following content:
@import "../node_modules/bootstrap/scss/bootstrap";
5 - Create a task in VSCode by Ctrl+Shift+B > Configure Tasks > Create tasks.json file from template > Others
tasks.json file under .vscode is created with default content.
Replace the content with
// Sass configuration
{
// See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
// for the documentation about the tasks.json format
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [{
"label": "Sass Compile",
"type": "shell",
"command": "node-sass scss/custom.scss scss/custom-bootstrap.css",
"group": "build",
"problemMatcher": [
"$eslint-stylish"
]
}]
}
Note: Modify the file names and paths according to your needs.
6 - Run the task to generate css: Ctrl+Shift+B > 'Sass compile' or
7 - Follow the steps in bootstrap theming procedure: (https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.1/getting-started/theming/)