Angular 8 new features

 

1.  Ivy Renderer: Angular 8 introduced the Ivy renderer as an opt-in preview. Ivy is a new, smaller, and faster rendering engine for Angular applications. It offers improved bundle sizes, better performance, and enhanced debugging capabilities.

 

2. Differential Loading: With Angular 8, the CLI introduced a new feature called differential loading. This feature generates separate bundles for modern and legacy browsers. Modern browsers receive a smaller bundle with modern JavaScript features, while older browsers receive a larger bundle with ES5-compliant code.

3. Angular CLI Improvements: Angular 8 brought various improvements to the Angular CLI, including performance optimizations and a reduction in build times. It also added new commands and options to enhance development workflows.

4. Dynamic Imports for Lazy Loading: Angular 8 introduced a new syntax for lazy loading modules using dynamic imports. This allows for more efficient code splitting and improves application loading times.

5. Web Workers: Angular 8 added support for web workers. Web workers enable developers to run background tasks in a separate thread, improving application performance and responsiveness.

6. Bazel Compiler: Bazel is an open-source build tool that can be used as an alternative to Webpack for building Angular applications. Angular 8 introduced experimental support for the Bazel compiler.

7. Deprecation of @angular/http: Angular 8 marked the @angular/http module as deprecated in favor of the newer HttpClientModule, which uses the modern HttpClient.

8. Router Navigation: Angular 8 added new navigation events, such as NavigationStart and NavigationEnd, providing more control over the router's behavior and allowing better tracking of navigation activities.

9. Forms API Updates: Angular 8 brought some updates to the Forms API, making it easier to work with form controls and validations.