docs: schematics

guides/schematics.md

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+Angular Material comes packaged with Angular CLI schematics to make
+creating Material applications easier.
+
+## Install Schematics
+Schematics come packaged with Angular Material, so once you have
+installed the npm package, they will be available via the Angular CLI.
+
+If you run it will automatically install Angular Material for you
+and run the shell schematic.
+
+```
+ng add @angular/material
+```
+
+## Packaged Schematics
+Angular Material has 4 schematics it comes packaged with:
+
+- Material Shell
+- Navigation
+- Dashboard
+- Table
+
+### Shell Schematic
+The shell schematic will help you quickly add Material to a new project. 
+This schematic will:
+
+- Ensure project depedencies in `package.json`
+- Ensure project depedencies in your app module
+- Adds Prebuilt or Setup Custom Theme
+- Adds Roboto fonts to your index.html
+- Apply simple CSS reset to body
+
+```
+ng add @angular/material
+```
+
+### Navigation Schematic
+The navigation schematic will create a new component that includes
+a toolbar with the app name and the side nav responsive based on Material
+breakpoints.
+
+```
+ng generate @angular/material:material-nav
+```
+
+### Dashboard Schematic
+The dashboard schematic will create a new component that contains
+a dynamic grid list of cards.
+
+```
+ng generate @angular/material:material-dashboard
+```
+
+### Table Schematic
+The table schematic will create a new table component pre-configured
+with a datasource for sorting and pagination.
+
+```
+ng generate @angular/material:material-table
+```