Angular 16.1 was released just in time for ng-conf 2023 (side note: If you’re in Salt Lake City, feel free to come to meet me and say hi – you’ll get a sticker and a $20 coupon for my video courses or certification exams).
There are three new features in Angular 16.1:
Transform option for @Input()
We can now have a function that transforms an input value to make it fit the needs of a component. Say, for instance, your input value is an object, and you want to extract one property out of it or return a boolean value if it passes a given check; then transform is what you need:
This simple example (code here) illustrates what can be done with the new option.
Support for Typescript 5.1
There isn’t a ton of new things in Typescript 5.1, mostly that now we can have setters and getters that use different types and have functions that return undefined.
Support for fetch() in HttpClient
This is in developer preview. You can enable it in the configuration of your HttpClient as follows:
I’m not sure there are any benefits of using it right now, but it might open the door to integrations with other HTTP providers built on top of fetch. Wait and see.
In any case, I’ll report my takeaways from ng-conf in the newsletter during the next few days. Exciting days ahead!
