Choosing the right libraries/dependencies for your Angular applications can make or break your project in the long run. I’ve seen way too many consulting clients stuck with an older version of Angular because of a dependency that isn’t maintained anymore. Here are a few rules to follow: 1. Are you sure you need a dependency for this? Do you really…

The Angular team is working on a new feature called signals. Signals are the answer to several different requests from the developer community over the years, more specifically: Being able to use Observables with @Input Being able to use Angular without Zone.js to have more control over change detection. With…

Angular evolves steadily, with major versions every six months, minor versions every month, and weekly patch versions as needed. The first minor version since Angular 15 was released a few days ago. While it is a minor version, there are still a few noteworthy updates to mention. Self-closing tags This might not…

Welcome to the very first edition of my daily Angular Newsletter! As promised, I’ll keep it nice and short. Today’s topic is Template Reference Variables. I usually call that feature “the hashtag syntax” because that’s how it’s used: Here’s how I could use that reference variable to get the value of the input, for instance:

As 2022 comes to a close, people start thinking about resolutions for the upcoming year. What if one of those resolutions was to become a better Angular developer? This is why I decided to launch a daily Angular Newsletter (you can subscribe here) starting on January 2nd, 2023. The goal…

Angular 15 was released in early November 2022. This version brings a lot of new features, more than what we’ve been used to with previous major versions of Angular. Let’s dive into some of the significant new features one by one: Directive composition API Before Angular 15, we could use inheritance to create…

This post illustrates some new router utility functions available in developer preview since Angular v14. You’re probably familiar with the syntax: imports: [ RouterModule.forRoot([ {path: 'crisis-list', component: CrisisListComponent}, {path: 'heroes-list', component: HeroesListComponent}, ]) ] We can now replace that syntax with: providers: [ provideRouter([ {path…

ng-conf is the biggest Angular conference in the world, and the event was back in person early this September in Salt Lake City, Utah. I was lucky enough to be speaking at the event and attended the entire conference, which remains my favorite tech event of the year. Here are…

HTML, CSS, and Javascript are evolving faster than ever before, making the web more developer and user-friendly. In this article, we will see 5 new HTML/CSS features that are: Super easy to use, usually one or two lines of code A game-changer in several cases, as they can replace component…