I had never used standalone before. And now I wanted to try. I created a new project using the command: lang-bash ng new client --style=scss --standalone And when I tried to run the project, I get a blank page with an error Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token '{' I didn't make any changes to the project. I'm using: "@angular/cli": "^16.2.15", "typescript": "^5.1.3" Why does it give an error right when the "hello world" page starts? main.ts: import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser'; import { appConfig } from './app/app.config'; import { AppComponent } from './app/app.component'; bootstrapApplication(AppComponent, appConfig) .catch((err) => console.error(err)); app.config.ts: import { ApplicationConfig } from '@angular/core'; import { provideRouter } from '@angular/router'; import { routes } from './app.routes'; export const appConfig: ApplicationConfig = { providers: [provideRouter(routes)] }; Continue reading...