Angular 16 and ngConf on Web Rush #244

We recap our experiences at ngConf 2023, and talk about Angular 16 announcements including signals.

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const podcast = { 
  episode: 244,
  title: 'Angular 16 and ngConf',
  topics: [ 
    'angular', 'conferences', 'signals'
  ],
  guest: 'namei'
  hosts: [
    'John Papa', 'Ward Bell', 'Dan Wahlin'
  ]
};

Recording date: 7/13/2023

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Brought to you by

• AG Grid

  

• IdeaBlade

Resources:

• ngConf
• Brandon Roberts’ take on ngConf 2023
• Angular Blog Post on v16
• Signals 1-pager Cheatsheet
• Signals guide
• Handlerbars.js
• Mustache
• The Angular Signals RFC
• React vs. Signals (in SolidJS)
• Sara Drasner sharing the new control flow syntax
• The template syntax RFC (“Built-In Control Flow”)
• Functional programming model in Angular
• Angular Routing Parameters and inputs
• Angular’s ngConf 2023 keynote
• Angular Standalone Components/Pipes/Directives
• Declarative lazy loading syntax
• Deferred loading RFC for Angular
• NgZone documentation

Timejumps

• 00:29 Welcome
• 01:12 ngConf 2023
• 04:54 What's new with Angular?
• 06:55 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 08:04 What do we think of Signals?
• 18:19 Template syntax in Angular
• 25:10 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
• 26:09 Using AI to write Angular
• 32:01 What else was talked about at the conference?
• 33:17 Ward's gut reaction to signals

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.