Introducing the unpatch directive, a powerful tool for optimizing Angular applications — A fine-grained control over Angular's change detection mechanism is here and ready to be used! Signals and change detection optimization is not quite there yet. But even today there are ways to help you manage change detection easily. The reactive extensions for Angular, RxAngular, provide us with powerful tools to…

Signals are meant to replace RxJS to simplify your reactive code. — Here I have one specific real-world example for you, raw code comparison. Nothing more, nothing less! But but but… Signals & RxJS right — it’s not supposed to replace it? Couldn’t help myself and spark a little controversy in the title. The example I have is completely replacing RxJS implementation with Signals. Signals are meant to replace RxJS to simplify your reactive code. However…

Find out how you can collaborate with the Angular team. — The official Signals RFC has ended. But do you know what RFC is? Many people don’t! I recently got involved in the process of releasing a new version of Angular. In the past, I didn’t get involved because I didn’t know much about it. I didn’t follow the process and…

And what can we expect from Angular v17? Valuable insights from Angular Lead Minko Gechev on Angular v16. Is it game changer or a loss of identity? — In a recent podcast, Minko Gechev — Lead and manager for Angular developer relations - shared valuable insights into the future of Angular and its planned developments. Let’s go over key takeaways from that interview, focusing on the framework’s future direction.

Learn about Angular’s Signals API and the concerns about its potential benefits and implications for developers. — There have been a lot of discussions lately within the Angular community about the cost and implication of forthcoming changes to Angular reactive primitive. A lot of people can see a bright future but with time more and more developers start to notice potential pitfalls. …

The ongoing discussion on integrating Angular Signals with RxJS Observables, and the Angular team’s stance on the matter. — Before we dive into the interesting discussion — it’s essential to know that everyone has the opportunity to actively participate and express their opinions on upcoming Angular modifications in public discussions under existing sub-RFCs. The focus here is sub-RFC 4. What are Signals and sub-RFC4?

Chapter 1 — The Exciting Adventure Begins

Handle immutability in NgRx reducers with the ngrx-immer library. — NgRx is a popular state management library for Angular applications. It provides a centralized store for storing the application’s state and a set of tools for updating the state in a predictable manner. …