What’s new in Angular 15?
1. Standalone Components Are Stable
Angular v15 introduces stable standalone components that allow you to build Angular applications without using NgModules. This new API makes the development process easier and will provide more flexibility and modularity in Angular application architecture.
2. Stable NgOptimizedImage Directive
The NgOptimizedImage directive becomes stable in Angular v15, because of that it reduces image download time in Angular applications. By using this directive into components or NgModules, you can optimize image loading, enhancing overall application performance.
3. Directives for Host Elements
With the introduction of the directive composition API, Angular v15 enables the addition of directives to host elements. This functionality addresses feature requests and allows for the augmentation of component behaviors without resorting to inheritance.
4. Enhanced Stack Traces
Angular v15 collaborates with Google Chrome developers to deliver cleaner stack traces that simplifies the debugging process for Angular applications. The modified stack traces will focus more on application-specific code and will focus more into runtime issues.
5. Stable MDC-based Components
Many components in Angular Material v15 has redesigned to be based on Angular Material Design Components (MDC) for the Web. They not only enhances accessibility but also makes sure the application follows the Material Design rules more closely.
6. Improved Dependency Injection (DI)
Angular 15 streamlines DI with the provideIn property. This allows you to specify the provider scope (component, root, etc.) directly within the token which enhances the code readability.
7. Experimental ESBuild Support
ESBuild, a JavaScript bundler, is now an experimental feature. This makes it easy for potentially faster build times, especially in larger projects.
8. Automatic Language Service Imports
The Angular Language Service gets smarter. It can now automatically suggest imports for directives, pipes, and components, reducing boilerplate and development time.
Angular 15
Angular, the popular JavaScript framework, continues its journey of updation with the release of version 15, bringing some new improvements, and new features, as well as some breaking changes and deprecations. In this article, we’ll explore the key highlights of updating your Angular applications to version 15.
Table of Content
- What’s new in Angular 15?
- Major Changes in Angular v15
- Deprecations in Angular v15
- Upgrade from Angular v14 to Angular v15
- Conclusion