NG9: Unable to add new environment file

[Bruce]

I'm using Angular 9 (VS Code in Win 10). Started with the two default environment files. Added a third, environment.qa.ts.

Updated angular.json: replacements section and the serve/configurations section:

{
  "$schema": "./node_modules/@angular/cli/lib/config/schema.json",
  "version": 1,
  "newProjectRoot": "projects",
  "projects": {
    "pcTest": {
      "projectType": "application",
      "schematics": {},
      "root": "",
      "sourceRoot": "src",
      "prefix": "app",
      "architect": {
        "build": {
          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:browser",
          "options": {
            "outputPath": "dist/pcTest",
            "index": "src/index.html",
            "main": "src/main.ts",
            "polyfills": "src/polyfills.ts",
            "tsConfig": "tsconfig.app.json",
            "aot": true,
            "assets": [
              "src/favicon.ico",
              "src/assets"
            ],
            "styles": [
              "src/styles.css"
            ],
            "scripts": []
          },
          "configurations": {
            "production": {
              "fileReplacements": [
                {
                  "replace": "src/environments/environment.ts",
                  "with": "src/environments/environment.prod.ts"
                }
              ],
              "qa": {
                "fileReplacements": [
                  {
                    "replace": "src/environments/environment.ts",
                    "with": "src/environments/environment.qa.ts"
                  }
                ],
              "optimization": true,
              "outputHashing": "all",
              "sourceMap": false,
              "extractCss": true,
              "namedChunks": false,
              "extractLicenses": true,
              "vendorChunk": false,
              "buildOptimizer": true,
              "budgets": [
                {
                  "type": "initial",
                  "maximumWarning": "2mb",
                  "maximumError": "5mb"
                },
                {
                  "type": "anyComponentStyle",
                  "maximumWarning": "6kb",
                  "maximumError": "10kb"
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        },
        "serve": {
          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:dev-server",
          "options": {
            "browserTarget": "pcTest:build"
          },
          "configurations": {
            "production": {
              "browserTarget": "pcTest:build:production"
            },
            "qa": {
              "browserTarget": "pcTest:build:qa"
            }
          }
        },
        "extract-i18n": {
          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:extract-i18n",
          "options": {
            "browserTarget": "pcTest:build"
          }
        },
        "test": {
          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:karma",
          "options": {
            "main": "src/test.ts",
            "polyfills": "src/polyfills.ts",
            "tsConfig": "tsconfig.spec.json",
            "karmaConfig": "karma.conf.js",
            "assets": [
              "src/favicon.ico",
              "src/assets"
            ],
            "styles": [
              "src/styles.css"
            ],
            "scripts": []
          }
        },
        "lint": {
          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:tslint",
          "options": {
            "tsConfig": [
              "tsconfig.app.json",
              "tsconfig.spec.json",
              "e2e/tsconfig.json"
            ],
            "exclude": [
              "**/node_modules/**"
            ]
          }
        },
        "e2e": {
          "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:protractor",
          "options": {
            "protractorConfig": "e2e/protractor.conf.js",
            "devServerTarget": "pcTest:serve"
          },
          "configurations": {
            "production": {
              "devServerTarget": "pcTest:serve:production"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }},
  "defaultProject": "pcTest"
}}

My package.json looks like this:

{

  "name": "pc-test",

  "version": "0.0.0",

  "scripts": {

    "ng": "ng",

    "start": "ng serve",

    "build": "ng build",

    "test": "ng test",

    "lint": "ng lint",

    "e2e": "ng e2e"

  },

  "private": true,

  "dependencies": {

    "@angular/animations": "~10.0.0",

    "@angular/common": "~10.0.0",

    "@angular/compiler": "~10.0.0",

    "@angular/core": "~10.0.0",

    "@angular/forms": "~10.0.0",

    "@angular/platform-browser": "~10.0.0",

    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~10.0.0",

    "@angular/router": "~10.0.0",

    "rxjs": "~6.5.5",

    "tslib": "^2.0.0",

    "zone.js": "~0.10.3"

  },

  "devDependencies": {

    "@angular-devkit/build-angular": "~0.1000.0",

    "@angular/cli": "~10.0.0",

    "@angular/compiler-cli": "~10.0.0",

    "@angular/language-service": "~10.0.0",

    "@types/node": "^12.11.1",

    "@types/jasmine": "~3.3.8",

    "@types/jasminewd2": "~2.0.3",

    "codelyzer": "^5.1.2",

    "jasmine-core": "~3.5.0",

    "jasmine-spec-reporter": "~5.0.0",

    "karma": "~5.0.0",

    "karma-chrome-launcher": "~3.1.0",

    "karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter": "~3.0.2",

    "karma-jasmine": "~3.3.0",

    "karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "^1.5.0",

    "protractor": "~7.0.0",

    "ts-node": "~7.0.0",

    "tslint": "~6.1.0",

    "typescript": "~3.9.5"

  }

}

I build: ng build -c qa

I get the following error:

An unhandled exception occurred: Workspace config file cannot be loaded: C:\Dev\Angular\ParentChild\pcTest\angular.json

Schema validation failed with the following errors:

Data path ".projects['defaultProject']" should be object.

See "C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Temp\ng-u4Hi9q\angular-errors.log" for further details.

The log file contains:

[[error] Error: Workspace config file cannot be loaded: C:\Dev\Angular\ParentChild\pcTest\angular.json
Schema validation failed with the following errors:

  Data path ".projects['defaultProject']" should be object.

    at Object.getWorkspace (C:\Dev\Angular\ParentChild\pcTest\node_modules\@angular\cli\utilities\config.js:72:15)

What does this mean?

[Arnaud Deman]

Hello Bruce,

I think the  "{" of "production"  is not closed so your json is not valid.

Regards,

Arnaud.