here is what i put into package.json (running angular 6):
{
"name": "local-weather-app",
"version": "1.0.0",
"scripts": {
"ng": "ng",
"start": "ng serve --port 5000",
"build": "ng build",
"test": "ng test",
"lint": "ng lint",
"e2e": "ng e2e"
},
Then a plain npm start will pull in the contents of start. Could also add other options to contents