Angular 17 Training Course

Introduction to Angular 17

• Defining Angular
• Angular vs. React vs. Vue
• Overview of Angular 17 features and architecture
• Configuring the Development Environment

Getting Started

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

Components

• The role of components in Angular 17
• Creating and implementing components
• Data transfer between components using inputs and outputs
• Utilizing component lifecycle hooks

Directives

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

Pipes

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

Services

• The role of services in Angular 17
• Creating and utilizing services
• Injecting dependencies via providers

Modules

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

Data Binding

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

Routing

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

Forms

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

HTTP Client

• The role of the HTTP client in Angular 17
• Making HTTP requests to interact with backend services
• Handling asynchronous data streams with observables
• Modifying or processing requests/responses using interceptors

New, Declarative Control Flow

• Explanation of the new template control block syntax and its simplification of conditional rendering, looping, and empty collection handling
• Demonstrating usage of new blocks such as @if, @else, @switch, @case, @default, @for, and @empty
• Comparing the new syntax with legacy approaches like *ngIf, *ngSwitch, and *ngFor
• Discussing support for zoneless applications with signals in the new control blocks

Deferred Loading Blocks

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

View Transitions API

• Purpose and benefits of the view transitions API for customizing inter-view animations
• Introduction to the withViewTransitions directive enabling the API
• Examples of using withViewTransitions with transition types like fade, slide, zoom, and flip
• Interaction between the view transitions API, Angular router, and browser history

Other Features and Improvements

• Summary of additional features and enhancements in Angular 17, including:
• Support for passing @Component.styles as a string
• Lazy-loadable Angular animation code
• TypeScript 5.2 support
• Stability of the core signal API
• Removal of Node.js v16 support; minimum version is now v18.13.0
• Esbuild as the default builder and Vite as the default dev server