694: What's Up With Angular with Mark Techson

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Mark Techson about the recent Angular announcements and updates. How did Angular implement signals? What’s new in Angular 17? How does Angular handle CSS or UI component libraries?

Show Notes

• 00:30 Welcome
• 01:11 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry
• 01:39 What’s changing with Angular?
• Special Angular Event
• Angular
• 03:19 What happened to Angular.js, and what’s happening now?
• StackBlitz
• Analog | Analog
• Supper Club × Self Hosted Backend-as-a-service with Brandon Roberts
• 08:19 What makes Angular special?
• 13:21 How did Angular implement signals?
• 17:17 What is a computed value?
• 18:54 What’s new in Angular 17?
• 25:10 What’s the meta framework story with Angular?
• Angular Material UI component library
• CDK | Angular Material
• Angular - Angular elements overview
• 27:40 Adding close to the metal if statements
• 31:03 View transitions
• 32:34 How does Angular handle CSS?
• 39:31 How does Angular integrate with UI component libraries?
• 41:07 What are headless components?
• 41:45 Does Angular work well with web components?
• 42:43 Supper Club Questions
• Accessibility in Visual Studio Code
• Technology Radar Thoughtworks
• RedMonk – The developer-focused analyst firm
• Mermaid | Diagramming and charting tool
• 49:38 Sick Picks

Sick Picks

• Godot Engine - Free and open source 2D and 3D game engine

Shameless Plugs

• #goodmorningwithmark on Twitter
• #goodmorningwithmark on YouTube

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