{"id":2145,"date":"2024-08-21T15:34:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T22:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/?p=2145"},"modified":"2024-08-21T15:34:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T22:34:29","slug":"how-to-migrate-angular-syntax-to-the-latest-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/how-to-migrate-angular-syntax-to-the-latest-features\/","title":{"rendered":"How to migrate Angular syntax to the latest features?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I posted about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/how-to-update-my-version-of-angular\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">how to update your version of Angular<\/a> a while back. Still, with the ongoing updates in the framework, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/standalone-components-cheatsheet\/\" title=\"\">standalone components<\/a>, the new <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.angulartraining.com\/angular-17-new-control-flow-syntax-4fbec4772d04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">control flow syntax<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/the-inject-function\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">inject() function<\/a>, there are quite a few new options that aren&#8217;t required but can still be adopted widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, if you want to remove your <code>ngModules<\/code> and go full-standalone; there&#8217;s a migration command for that:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"414\" height=\"37\" src=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-2.png 414w, https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-2-300x27.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This command will ask you about <a href=\"https:\/\/angular.dev\/reference\/migrations\/standalone#migration-modes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">different options<\/a>, such as removing unnecessary <code>ngModules<\/code>, and switching your <code>AppComponent<\/code> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/standalone-application-and-router-config\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">standalone bootstrapping<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to get rid of <code>NgFor<\/code>, <code>NgIf<\/code>, and the like, you can migrate automatically to the new control flow syntax with:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"423\" height=\"42\" src=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-3.png 423w, https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-3-300x30.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another migration command was added in Angular 18.2. This one is to migrate your dependency injection syntax to use <code>inject()<\/code> instead of constructors:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"43\" src=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-4.png 360w, https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-4-300x36.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, and also added in Angular 18.2, is the migration to use lazy-loading on all routes:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"477\" height=\"36\" src=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-5.png 477w, https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-5-300x23.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This last command can be applied to a subset of routes by using the <code>path<\/code> argument:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"37\" src=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-6.png 780w, https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-6-300x14.png 300w, https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-6-768x36.png 768w, https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-6-750x37.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/angular.dev\/reference\/migrations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">official documentation for all these migrations can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I posted about how to update your version of Angular a while back. 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