Also of relevance is that you can use the @ symbol scoping for non-npm packages as well. You can use this in your project as a short way of referring to different directories.
i.e.
import { MyService } from '@services/my.service';
import { HelloWorldComponent } from '@components/hello-world.component';
instead of
import { MyService } from '../../../../my.service';
import { HelloWorldComponent } from '../shared/deeply/nested/hello-world/hello-world.component';
To do this, you simply configure your tsconfig.json file (at root of project) like this: