โ Angular Signals in developer preview ๐ฆ
โ Developer preview of opt-in non-destructive hydration ๐ง
โ Improved Standalone APIs ๐ง โ๏ธ
โ Tooling enhancements ๐งฐ
You can get all this and more with `ng update`! ๐
1๏ธโฃ Angular Signals ๐ฆ bring fine-grained reactivity to developer preview in v16!
- entirely backward compatible and interoperable
- better run-time performance
- a simpler mental model for reactivity
Learn more in our developer guides: https://angular.io/guide/signals
2๏ธโฃ Developer preview of full app non-destructive hydration ๐ง
Angular now looks up existing DOM nodes while building internal data structures & attaches event listeners, instead of re-rendering!
Early tests saw a 45% Largest Contentful Paint improvement!
3๏ธโฃ Migrate to standalone APIs with new schematics and a migration guide. ๐ง โ๏ธ
Once youโre in your project directory run:
`ng generate @angular/core:standalone`
Learn more here: https://angular.io/guide/standalone-migration
4๏ธโฃ v16 brings our new esbuild-based build system to developer preview!
Early tests showed a 72% improvement in speed over cold production builds!
Learn more: https://angular.io/guide/esbuild