Angular v5 is Out! Here is How to Explore It
The brand new features, changes and improvements of the new version
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In the middle of September, so close to the due date of v5, we informed that the Angular team takes one extra month before the release. Today, Angular v5 is out! And now we interest on exploring the new fresh changes of the awesome platform.
Version 5 concentrates in Progressive Web Apps and more other new brand features and abilities. According to the semantic versioning policy, a lot of v4’s deprecated API-s like OpaqueToken, NgProbToken, and the template tag removed/changed in v5. As usual, this version includes breaking changes like the new requirement of Angular, the compiler to use TypeScript 2.4.x and changes in the built-in pipes.
In this article, we will focus on the top resources to explore the new version in order to stay updated and enjoy the new improvements. You can find varied resources from different levels of profundity.
The Predecessor Version
The previous version of Angular is v4. This version released seven months ago (Mar 24). Since Angular v2, the differences between the versions are not so big. There are performance improvements, new features, changes, and sometimes breaking changes, but it’s still Angular, so exploring v4 can be a great point to understand the new things on the new version. This resource focus on eight resources that help you to get a good recap of the v4 main topics.
The Intentions and Thoughts in the Starting Line
When one version released, the community starts to explore and learns it, but for the Angular’s team at Google, it’s the point to start working on the next version. Just after the release of version 4, the Angular’s core team organized the ng-conf conference in Utah. “You can build with us!” is the overall message to the developer community this year. This article summarizes the plans and the “promises” for version 5.
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