Angular 17 Training Course

Introduction to Angular 17

• Overview of Angular
• Comparing Angular with React and Vue
• Summary of Angular 17 features and architectural changes
• Setting up the development environment

Getting Started

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

Components

• The role of components within Angular 17
• Creating and implementing components
• Transferring data between components via inputs and outputs
• Utilizing component lifecycle hooks

Directives

• Distinguishing between structural and attribute directives
• Applying built-in directives like ngIf, ngFor, and ngSwitch
• Developing and using custom directives

Pipes

• The function of pipes in Angular 17
• Using built-in pipes such as date, currency, and json
• Creating and applying custom pipes

Services

• The purpose of services in Angular 17
• Developing and utilizing services
• Injecting dependencies through providers

Modules

• The function of modules in Angular 17
• Creating and using modules
• Importing and exporting modules

Data Binding

• Differences between one-way and two-way data binding
• Implementing property binding, event binding, and the banana-in-a-box syntax
• Working with template reference variables

Routing

• The importance of routing in Angular 17
• Creating and configuring routes
• Navigating using routerLink and router.navigate()
• Managing route parameters, query parameters, and fragments

Forms

• Differences between template-driven and reactive forms
• Building and validating forms with controls, groups, and arrays
• Applying built-in validators like required, minLength, and maxLength
• Creating and using custom validators

HTTP Client

• The role of the HTTP client in Angular 17
• Handling HTTP requests for backend communication
• Managing asynchronous data streams with observables
• Modifying or handling requests and responses using interceptors

New, Declarative Control Flow

• Understanding the new template control block syntax and how it streamlines tasks like conditional rendering, looping, and handling empty collections
• Examples using new blocks such as @if, @else, @switch, @case, @default, @for, and @empty
• Comparing the new syntax with previous directives like *ngIf, *ngSwitch, and *ngFor
• How the new control blocks support zoneless applications with signals

Deferred Loading Blocks

• The concept of deferred loading and its impact on web application performance and user experience
• The new @defer control block for lazy-loading content and dependencies
• Examples of using @defer for loading components, directives, pipes, animations, and styles
• Integration of the @defer block with the new view transitions API

View Transitions API

• The purpose and benefits of the view transitions API for customizing animations between views
• The new withViewTransitions directive for enabling this API
• Examples using withViewTransitions with transition types like fade, slide, zoom, and flip
• How the view transitions API interacts with the Angular router and browser history

Other Features and Improvements

• A summary of additional features and improvements in Angular 17, including:
• Support for passing @Component.styles as a string
• Lazy-loadable Angular animations code
• TypeScript 5.2 support
• Stable core signal API
• Removal of Node.js v16 support, with v18.13.0 as the new minimum version
• Esbuild becoming the default builder and Vite powering the default dev server