This week, we’re using the 3-2-1 format of the newsletter again. I’m posting a few essential articles to revisit, updates to know about, and one question to ponder:
Three articles to revisit:
- Still using Moment.js for date formatting? Take a look at date-fns as a possible alternative.
- If you’re using the date pipe anywhere, including in your TypeScript code, knowing how to format dates without pipes might help.
- Also, if you’re constantly using the same date format with your pipes, you can set the default format once for all, so you don’t need to repeat yourself in all your templates.
Two quick updates:
- I’m speaking at the International JavaScript conference in New York City, and I’m pretty much running the entire Angular track at the event, with two talks and one full-day workshop. The event can also be attended remotely from home. As a reader of this email, you can get 10% off your conference ticket by using coupon code ijsny-alain. And we’re also throwing a certificates.dev coupon in a mix, you can get $25 Off ANY mid-level or senior certification using code IJCNY25.
- Angular Signal Forms will officially become experimental in Angular 21, and the first documentation is now live! You can start exploring the new signal forms API to see how forms will work with Angular’s signal-based approach.
One question to ponder:
Are you ready for Angular 21? If not, what’s your biggest concern or impediment to upgrade? The introduction of experimental Signal Forms is just one of many changes coming that might reshape how we build Angular applications.
