nginx.conf

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name localhost;
    root /usr/share/nginx/html;
    index index.html;

    # Enable gzip compression
    gzip on;
    gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;

    # Angular routing
    location / {
        root /usr/share/nginx/html;
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html =404;
        add_header Cache-Control "no-cache";
    }

    # Cache static assets (Angular generates unique filenames with hashes)
    location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|ico)$ {
        root /usr/share/nginx/html;
        expires 1y;
        add_header Cache-Control "public, no-transform";
    }
    
    # Cache JS/CSS with shorter duration for development
    location ~* \.(css|js)$ {
        root /usr/share/nginx/html;
        expires 1h;
        add_header Cache-Control "public, no-transform";
    }

    # Error handling
    error_page 404 /index.html;
}