Angular 17 Training Course

Introduction to Angular 17

• Defining Angular.
• Comparing Angular with React and Vue.
• Overview of Angular 17's features and architectural design.
• Setting up the development environment.

Getting Started

• Initiating a new Angular 17 project via Angular CLI.
• Examining the project structure and file organization.
• Running and serving the application.
• Displaying data through interpolation and expressions.

Components

• Exploring the role of components in Angular 17.
• Creating and integrating components.
• Transferring data between components using inputs and outputs.
• Utilizing component lifecycle hooks.

Directives

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

Pipes

• Understanding the utility of pipes in Angular 17.
• Using built-in pipes for dates, currency, JSON, and more.
• Creating and deploying custom pipes.

Services

• Understanding the function of services in Angular 17.
• Creating and utilizing services.
• Injecting dependencies through providers.

Modules

• Comprehending the role of modules in Angular 17.
• Creating and using modules.
• Importing and exporting modules.

Data Binding

• Differentiating between one-way and two-way data binding.
• Applying property binding, event binding, and the banana-in-a-box syntax.
• Utilizing template reference variables.

Routing

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

Forms

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

HTTP Client

• Understanding the role of the HTTP client in Angular 17.
• Making HTTP requests to interact with backend services.
• Managing asynchronous data streams with observables.
• Modifying or handling requests and responses using interceptors.

New, Declarative Control Flow

• Explaining the new template control block syntax and its simplification of tasks like conditional rendering and looping.
• Providing examples with new blocks such as @if, @else, @switch, @case, @default, @for, and @empty.
• Comparing the new syntax with previous iterations like *ngIf, *ngSwitch, and *ngFor.
• Discussing support for zoneless applications with signals.

Deferred Loading Blocks

• Explaining deferred loading and its impact on performance and user experience.
• Introducing the @defer control block for lazy-loading content and dependencies.
• Demonstrating @defer usage for loading components, directives, pipes, animations, and styles.
• Explaining the integration of @defer with the view transitions API.

View Transitions API

• Explaining the benefits of the view transitions API for customizing animations and transitions.
• Introducing the withViewTransitions directive to enable this API.
• Providing examples with transition types such as fade, slide, zoom, and flip.
• Discussing how the API interacts with the Angular router and browser history.

Other Features and Improvements

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