Angular 17 Training Course

Introduction to Angular 17

• Understanding what Angular is
• Comparing Angular with React and Vue
• An overview of Angular 17's features and architecture
• Configuring the development environment

Getting Started

• Initializing a new Angular 17 project with Angular CLI
• Exploring the project structure and file organization
• Running and serving the application
• Displaying data using interpolation and expressions

Components

• The role of components within Angular 17
• Creating and utilizing components
• Transferring data between components via inputs and outputs
• Leveraging 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 implementing custom pipes

Services

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

Modules

• The role 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 banana-in-a-box syntax
• Utilizing template reference variables

Routing

• The role of routing in Angular 17
• Creating 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
• 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

• 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 handling requests and responses using interceptors

New, Declarative Control Flow

• An explanation of the new template control block syntax and how it simplifies tasks like conditional rendering, looping, and handling empty collections
• Examples of using new blocks such as @if, @else, @switch, @case, @default, @for, and @empty
• A comparison between the new syntax and previous implementations 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
• Introduction to the new @defer control block for lazy-loading content and dependencies
• Examples of using @defer for loading components, directives, pipes, animations, and styles
• The interaction between the @defer block and the View Transitions API

View Transitions API

• The purpose and benefits of the View Transitions API for customizing view animations and transitions
• Introduction to the withViewTransitions directive
• Examples of using the withViewTransitions directive with various transition types like fade, slide, zoom, and flip
• How the View Transitions API integrates 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-loading capability for Angular's animation code
• Compatibility with TypeScript 5.2
• Stabilization of the core signal API
• Removal of Node.js v16 support, with v18.13.0 becoming the minimum requirement
• Esbuild becoming the default builder and Vite powering the default dev server