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Pathan Najim
Pathan Najim

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What' New in Angular 18

1. TypeScript 4.7 Support

Angular 18 will fully support TypeScript 4.7, which includes several new features and improvements. This means that Angular developers will be able to take advantage of the latest TypeScript features, such as:

i. Template Literal Types: Allow developers to define the types of templates and catch errors early more precisely.
ii. Improved read-only Support: Provides a more consistent and safe way to use the read-only keyword.

**iii. New Import Types: **Help to make code more modular and organized.

2. Improved Performance with Ivy
Angular 18 will further improve the performance of Angular applications by making optimizations to the Ivy compiler.

  • Faster startup times
  • Smaller bundle sizes
  • Better overall performance

3.New ng-template API
Angular 18 will introduce a new ng-template API that will make creating and using templates easier.

-More flexibility and power.
-The ability to create reusable and maintainable templates.

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  1. Improved Debugging Tools: ** Details regarding debugging tool improvements in the current beta are not entirely available. Still, there are expectations that Angular 18 will introduce some good debugging tools with these enhancements which could include better error messages, faster stack traces, or even deeper understanding of application state during debugging.

5.Zoneless Applications:

Zones play a role in managing asynchronous tasks as well as change detection in Angular. Angular 18 introduces the option of creating zoneless applications. What is fully understood yet is all implications as well as ways in which they might be used; nevertheless, zoneless applications may provide opportunities for optimizing performance while simplifying complex application logic.

6. Routing Enhancements:

The Angular single-page applications (SPAs) greatly rely on routing because it enables users to access different pages in the application with a lot of ease. Angular 18 has improved the routing system so much, and this results from some exciting enhancements.

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