Defer and other reasons to try Angular again with @thePunderWoman

There’s a whole lot happening in Angular lately. Jessica Janiuk + the rest of the core team have been working hard to add new capabilities & improved APIs. Learn what’s new & why it’s worth a look. Upcoming episodes: https://lwj.dev/schedule Links & Resources: - https://jessicajaniuk.com/ - https://angular.dev/ - https://github.com/thePunderWoman - https://angular.dev/guide/defer#nested-defer-blocks-and-avoiding-cascading-loads - https://developer.chrome.com/docs/aurora/overview - https://angular.dev/tutorials/learn-angular/deferrable-views - https://angular.dev/guide/defer - https://angular.dev/tools/cli - https://github.com/MarkTechson/angular-fundamentals-lessons/blob/main/projects/13-deferrable-views/README.md - https://www.learnwithjason.dev/angular-is-so-back/ - https://www.learnwithjason.dev/reactive-state-management-using-ngrx-and-angular/ Watch future episodes live at https://lwj.dev/live This episode was sponsored by: - Netlify (https://lwj.dev/netlify) - Vets Who Code (https://lwj.dev/vetswhocode) Live transcription by White Coat Captioning (https://whitecoatcaptioning.com/) 00:00 Hello and welcome to the show 01:25 Why Angular again? 02:47 Who is Jessica? 07:10 Generalists vs Specialists 11:04 How did defer come about with Angular? 16:18 How do you balance decisions on what changes to make to Angular vs everyone who relies on it now? 24:54 The New Angular.dev 28:13 Starting with the new defer tutorial 34:30 Does the order matter? Loading and then placeholder? 39:26 What's on interaction? 40:53 Configure prefetching with triggers 52:23 Standalone components and NG modules 57:27 Can I nest a defer block? 01:00:55 What is Aurora? 01:03:14 What direction is Angular headed? 01:06:46 Should people be looking at using signals instead of RXJS? 01:09:50 What's up with Angular for 2024? 01:13:06 Did signals start with Angular? 01:16:44 Any plans to have signals as a separate package? 01:18:04 Where can I learn more about Angular?