Angular 17 Training Course

Introduction to Angular 17

• What is Angular?
• Comparing Angular with React and Vue
• Overview of Angular 17 features and architecture
• Configuring the Development Environment

Getting Started

• Initiating a new Angular 17 project via the Angular CLI
• Exploring the project structure and key files
• Running and serving the application
• Displaying data using interpolation and expressions

Components

• Understanding the role of components in Angular 17
• Creating and utilising components
• Passing data between components using inputs and outputs
• Applying component lifecycle hooks

Directives

• Distinguishing between structural and attribute directives
• Implementing built-in directives such as ngIf, ngFor, ngSwitch, etc.
• Developing and applying custom directives

Pipes

• Understanding the purpose of pipes in Angular 17
• Using built-in pipes such as date, currency, json, etc.
• Creating and applying custom pipes

Services

• Understanding the role of services in Angular 17
• Creating and utilising services
• Injecting dependencies using providers

Modules

• Understanding the role of modules in Angular 17
• Creating and utilising modules
• Importing and exporting modules

Data Binding

• Distinguishing between one-way and two-way data binding
• Implementing property binding, event binding, and banana-in-a-box syntax
• Utilising template reference variables

Routing

• Understanding the role of routing in Angular 17
• Defining and configuring routes
• Navigating between routes using routerLink and router.navigate()
• Managing route parameters, query parameters, and fragments

Forms

• Distinguishing between template-driven and reactive forms
• Creating and validating forms using form controls, form groups, form arrays, etc.
• Applying built-in validators such as required, minLength, maxLength, etc.
• Developing and implementing custom validators

HTTP Client

• Understanding the role of the HTTP client in Angular 17
• Constructing HTTP requests to interact with backend services
• Handling asynchronous data streams using observables
• Using interceptors to modify or process HTTP requests or responses

New, Declarative Control Flow

• Examining the new template control block syntax and how it simplifies tasks like conditional rendering, looping, and handling empty collections
• Providing examples of using the new blocks, such as @if, @else, @switch, @case, @default, @for, and @empty
• Comparing the new syntax with previous iterations, such as *ngIf, *ngSwitch, and *ngFor
• Discussing how the new control blocks support zoneless applications with signals

Deferred Loading Blocks

• Explaining the concept of deferred loading and its impact on web application performance and user experience
• Introducing the new @defer control block for lazy-loading content and dependencies
• Providing examples of using the @defer block in various scenarios, such as loading components, directives, pipes, animations, and styles
• Discussing the integration of the @defer block with the new view transitions API

View Transitions API

• Explaining the purpose and benefits of the view transitions API for customising animations and view transitions
• Introducing the new withViewTransitions directive to enable the view transitions API
• Providing examples of using the withViewTransitions directive with different transition types, such as fade, slide, zoom, and flip
• Discussing the interaction between the view transitions API, the Angular router, and browser history

Other Features and Improvements

• Summarising key additional features and improvements in Angular 17, including:
• Support for passing @Component.styles as a string
• Lazy-loadability of Angular's animation code
• TypeScript 5.2 support
• Stabilisation of the core signal API
• Removal of Node.js v16 support, with v18.13.0 as the minimum required version
• Esbuild becoming the default builder and Vite powering the default dev server