Workshop Angular 2 sponsored by Commit Software - 12-12-16

1. Angular 2 - The Next Framework

2. Angular 2 – The Next Framework

3. AngularJS history
• AngularJS was originally developed in 2009 by Misko Heveryand
Adam Abrons
• Misko Heverystarted to work for Google in 2009
• 1st release of AngularJS: 1 developer, 3 weeks, 1000 loc
• AngularJS version 1.0 was released in 2012 by Google
• Angular version 2 was released in September 2016 after 2 years
development

4. Angular 2 features
• Optimized for both desktop and mobile
• Ahead of Time (AoT) compilation
• Incredible performances
• Native Reactive support

5. @Injectable

6. @Injectable
export class MyService {
getData() {
return this.loadData.load();
}
}

7. @Injectable
import { Injectable } from 'angular2/core';
@Injectable()
export class MyService {
constructor(private loadData:LoadData) {}
getData() {
return this.loadData.load();
}
}

8. @Component

9. @Component
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
@Component({
selector: 'commit-hello',
template: '<p>Hello, {{name}}</p>'
})
export class Hello {
name: string;
constructor() {
this.name = 'World';
}
}

10. @Directive

11. @Directive
import { Directive, HostListener } from '@angular/core';
@Directive({
selector: '[confirm]'
})
export class ConfirmDirective {
@HostListener('click', ['$event'])
confirmFirst(event: Event) {
return window.confirm(
'Are you sure you want to do this?');
}
}

12. @Directive
// Usage
<button type="button"
(click)="visitOtherPage()"
confirm>Visit another page</button>

13. @Directive – ngFor example
<ul>
<li *ngFor="let doctor of doctors; let idx = index">
Doctor #{{idx}} - {{doctor.name}}
</li>
</ul>

14. @Pipe

15. @Pipe
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
@Component({
selector: 'product-price',
template: '<p>Price: {{ price | currency }}</p>'
})
export class ProductPrice {
price: number = 99.99;
}

16. @Pipe
import { Pipe, PipeTransform } from '@angular/core';
const UNITS = ['B', 'KB', 'MB', 'GB'];
@Pipe({ name: 'formatFileSize' })
export class FormatSize implements PipeTransform {
transform(bytes: number=0, precision: number=2) : string {
if (!isFinite(bytes)) return '?';
let unit = 0;
while ( bytes >= 1024 ) {
bytes /= 1024;
unit ++;
}
return bytes.toFixed(precision) + ' ' + UNITS[unit];
}
}

17. HTTP services

18. HTTP services
import {Injectable} from '@angular/core';
import {Http, Response} from '@angular/http';
import {Observable} from 'rxjs';
import {Hero} from './hero';
@Injectable()
export class LoadDataService {
constructor(private http: Http) {}
search(term: string): Observable<Hero[]> {
return this.http
.get(`app/heroes/?name=${term}`)
.map((r: Response) => r.json().data as Hero[] );
}
}

19. TypeScript

20. Why TypeScript?
• Angular2 Dependency Injection system is based on type
reflection
• Annotations offer a powerful and very expressive way to
describe elements

21. Pros
• Improve developer experience with better tools
• Compile time error check
• Type safety
• Better documentation
• Easy to adopt for backend developers

22. Cons
• Slower learning curve for traditional javascript developer
• Impossible to remove without a complete rewrite

23. Thinking Components

24. Modern web is all about components
• Thinking of components instead of views improves decoupling
and separation of concerns
• Components are composable and highly reusable
• Easier to test
• UX and UI teams integrate better

25. A component is…
• exported as a custom HTML tag: <tab-bar />
• defined by an HTML template
• enhanced using the @Component decorator
• controlled using its inputs and outputs
• initialized by Angular Dependency Injection engine

26. @Component – selector
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
@Component({
selector: 'commit-hello',
template: '<p>Hello, {{name}}</p>'
})
export class Hello {
name: string;
constructor() {
this.name = 'World';
}
}

27. @Component – selector
selector is the element property that we use to tell Angular to
create and insert an instance of this component.

28. @Component – template
• template is an HTML string that tells Angular what needs to be
to rendered in the DOM.
• templateUrl is a relative path to a file containing the component
HTML string.

29. Template syntax
• template tags {{expression}} – Execute arbitrary
expressions, e.g. {{1+1}}
• property binding [attribute]="propertyName" – Used to
pass data to a component.
• event binding (event)="expression" – Expression executed
anytime the registered event fires.
• 2-way binding <input [(ngModel)]="u.name"> – Requires
to import 'FormsModule' to be used.

30. @Component – inputs
import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core';
@Component({
selector: 'commit-hello',
template: '<p>Hello, {{name}}</p>'
})
export class Hello {
@Input() name: string;
}

31. @Component – inputs
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
@Component({
selector: 'commit-hello',
inputs: ['name']
template: '<p>Hello, {{name}}</p>'
})
export class Hello {
}

32. @Component – inputs
// To bind to a raw string
<commit-hello name="World"></commit-hello>
// To bind to a variable in the parent component
<commit-hello [name]="userName"></commit-hello>

33. @Component – outputs
import { Component, EventEmitter, Output }
from '@angular/core';
@Component({
selector: 'counter',
template: `<div><p>Count: {{count}}</p>
<button (click)="increment()">Increment</button></div>`})
export class Counter {
count: number = 0;
@Output() result: EventEmitter = new EventEmitter();
increment() {
this.count++;
this.result.emit(this.count);
}
}

34. @Component – child components
import { Component, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { Alert } from './alert.component';
@Component({
selector: `app`,
template: `<alert>My alert</alert>
<button (click)="showAlert()">Show Alert</button>`
})
export class App {
@ViewChild(Alert) alert: Alert;
showAlert() {
this.alert.show();
}
}

35. @Component – child components
import { Component, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { Alert } from './alert.component';
@Component({
selector: `app`,
template: `<alert>My alert</alert>
<input #msg type="text" />
<button (click)="showAlert()">Show Alert</button>`})
export class App {
@ViewChild(Alert) alert: Alert;
@ViewChild('msg') msgInput;
showAlert() {
const txt = this.msgInput.nativeElement.value;
this.alert.show(txt);
}
}

36. @Component – transclusion
import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core';
@Component({
selector: `commit-hello`,
template: `<div><p>Hello, {{name}}</p>
<ng-content><p>No extra data</p></ng-content>
</div>`})
export class Hello {
@Input() name: string;
}
//Usage
<commit-hello name="Andrea">
<div> <h1>Some other data</h1>
<p>Some text</p> </div>
</commit-hello>

37. Component lifecycle

38. Components & Directives shared lifecycle
Method Decription
ngOnChanges input property value changes
ngOnInit initialization step
ngDoCheck every change detection cycle
ngOnDestroy before destruction

39. @Component – lifecycle
import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
@Component({
selector: 'commit-hello',
template: '<p>Hello, {{name}}</p>'
})
export class Hello implements OnInit {
name: string;
constructor() {
this.name = 'World';
}
ngOnInit() {
// do something to initialize the component
}
}

40. @Directive – lifecycle
import { Directive, OnInit, OnDestroy } from '@angular/core';
@Directive({selector: '[mySpy]'})
export class SpyDirective implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
constructor(private logger: LoggerService) { }
ngOnInit() { this.logIt(`onInit`); }
ngOnDestroy() { this.logIt(`onDestroy`); }
private logIt(msg: string) {
this.logger.log(`Spy ${msg}`);
}
}
//Usage
<div mySpy>...</div>

41. Lifecycle
“Angular only calls a directive/component hook method if
it is defined.”
– Angular official docs

42. Component styles

43. Inline styles
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
const baseStyle = {
backgroundColor: 'green',
padding: '10px'
};
@Component({
selector: 'commit-hello',
template: '<p [ngStyle]="style">Hello!</p>'
})
export class Hello {
style: any = baseStyle;
}

44. View encapsulation
• Emulated (default) – styles from main HTML propagate to the
component. Styles defined in this component's @Component
decorator are scoped to this component only.
• Native (shadow DOM) – styles from main HTML do not
propagate to the component. Styles defined in this component's
@Component decorator are scoped to this component only.
• None – styles from the component propagate back to the main
HTML and therefore are visible to all components on the page.

45. View encapsulation – example (1/2)
import { Component, ViewEncapsulation } from '@angular/core';
@Component({
selector: 'commit-hello',
styles:[`
.main {
background-color: green;
padding: 10px;
}
`],
encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.Emulated,
template: '<p class="main">Hello!</p>'
})
export class Hello { }

46. View encapsulation – example (2/2)
//Output HTML
<p class="main" _ngcontent-yok-5="">
Hello!
</p>
//Output CSS (inside <head>)
.main[_ngcontent-yok-5] {
background-color: green;
padding: 10px;
}

47. Be Reactive!

48. Observables
“Observables open up a continuous channel of
communication in which multiple values of data can be
emitted over time […] Angular 2 uses observables
extensively - you'll see them in the HTTP service and the
event system…”
– Angular official docs

49. Stream
“A stream is a sequence of ongoing events ordered in
time. It can emit 3 different things: a value, an error, or a
«completed» signal.
Consider that the «completed» takes place, for instance,
when the current window is closed.”
– A. Staltz

50. Observables vs. Promises
• Both provide us with abstractions that help us deal with the
asynchronous nature of our applications.
• Observables are cancellable.
• Observables can be retried using one of the retry operators
provided by the API, such as retry and retryWhen.
• Promises require the caller to have access to the original
function that returned the promise in order to have a retry
capability.

51. Observable (1/2)
import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
const dataStream = new Observable((observer) => {
setTimeout(() => { observer.next(42); }, 1000);
setTimeout(() => { observer.next(43); }, 2000);
setTimeout(() => { observer.complete(); }, 3000);
});
const subscription = dataStream.subscribe(
(value) => console.log(`Value ${value}`),
(error) => console.log(`Error!!!`),
() => console.log(`Completed`)
);

52. Observable (2/2)
import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from `@angular/core`;
import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
@Component({
selector: `app`,
template: `<input type="text" #username />`
})
export class App implements OnInit {
@ViewChild(`username`) username: any;
ngOnInit(): void {
Observable
.fromEvent(this.username.nativeElement, 'keyup')
.map((e: any) => e.target.value)
.filter((text: string) => text.length > 5)
.debounceTime(1000)
.subscribe((text: string) => this.submit(text));
}
submit(text: string): void { console.log('submitted: ', text); }
}

53. Bootstrapping Angular

54. Bootstrapping Angular
• Bootstrapping is an essential process in Angular – it is where
the application is loaded when Angular comes to life.
• Bootstrapping Angular 2 applications is certainly different from
Angular 1.x, but is still a straightforward procedure.

55. Define a module
// app.modules.ts
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platformbrowser';
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { HttpModule } from '@angular/http';
import { AppComponent } from './[PATH]/app.component';
import { MyComponent } from './[PATH]/some.component';
import { SomeService } from './[PATH]/some.service';
@NgModule({
declarations: [AppComponent, MyComponent],
providers: [SomeService],
imports: [BrowserModule, HttpModule],
bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
class AppModule {}

56. Bootstrapping Angular
// main.ts
import { platformBrowserDynamic }
from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { AppModule } from './app/';
// Bootstrap main component
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

57. angular-cli
• Angular command line interface
• Works with Node.js and npm
• Fast project setup:
• npm install -g angular-cli
• ng new <project name>
• cd <project name>
• ng serve

58. Under the hood

59. AngularJS $digest cycle
• AngularJS engine is built using a dirty checking algorithm.
• Application state is a single entity connected to every visual
component and calculated every time a component mutates
some data
• It’s very easy to trigger unwanted $digest cycles impacting
performances
• Very difficult to debug

60. Angular 2 Change Detection engine
• Based on ngZone
• Recalculate the components tree state after every async
interaction (events, timers, observables..)
• Every component has its own Change Detector
• Component’s Change Detector is generated at runtime to
improve performances
• Developers can control how and when components are
recalculated

61. Change Detection
“When one of the components change, no matter where
in the tree it is, a change detection pass is triggered for
the whole tree, from top to bottom.”
– ngBook2

62. Change Detection
@Component({
template: '<v-card [vData]="vData"></v-card>'
})
class VCardApp {
constructor() {
this.vData = {
name: 'Andrea Vallotti',
email: 'andrea.Vallotti@commitsoftware.it'
}
}
changeData() {
this.vData.name = 'Pascal Precht';
}
}

63. Change Detection
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64. Change Detection
• Every component gets a change detector responsible for
checking the bindings defined in its template
• Change detection strategies:
• default: update the component every time data changes
• on push: update the component only when its inputs change or the
component requests to be updated

65. Immutable objects
var vData1 = someAPIForImmutables.create({
name: 'Pascal Precht'
});
var vData2 = vData1.set('name', 'Andrea Vallotti');
vData1 === vData2 // false

66. Change Detection - OnPush
@Component({
template: '<h2>{{vData.name}}</h2>
<span>{{vData.email}}</span>',
changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush
})
class VCardCmp {
@Input() vData;
}

67. Change Detection – OnPush + Immutables
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68. Change Detection - OnPush
@Component({template: '{{counter}}',
changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush })
class CartBadgeCmp {
@Input() addItemStream:Observable<any>;
counter = 0;
constructor(private cd: ChangeDetectorRef) {}
ngOnInit() {
this.addItemStream.subscribe(() => {
this.counter++; // application state changed
this.cd.markForCheck(); // marks path
});
}
}

69. Change Detection – OnPush + Observables
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Detection
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70. Links & credits
• Matteo Ronchi – @cef62, https://github.com/cef62
• https://github.com/commit-university/exploring-angular-2
• http://pascalprecht.github.io/slides/angular-2-change-detection-
explained/#/
• https://angular.io/docs/ts/latest/

71. thank you for your attention
Andrea Vallotti, ph.D
andrea.vallotti@commitsoftware.it