ng serve purpose and fundamental difference from ng build
WHAT IT TESTS: Understanding in-memory dev serving versus disk builds. ANSWER OUTLINE: ng serve compiles in memory and serves via a dev server with live reload, while ng build writes output to dist/. RED FLAG: Believing ng serve writes files to disk.
WHAT IT TESTS: Whether you understand the architectural distinction between a development server that compiles and serves in memory and a build command that emits static assets to disk. ANSWER OUTLINE: ng serve runs a local development server, compiles the application into memory, and rebuilds on file changes with live reload, while ng build compiles the application and writes the output to the dist/ directory for deployment. RED FLAG: Claiming ng serve generates production-ready files on disk or that ng build starts a local server.
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