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What’s New in Angular 12?
A quick recap of the latest features in Angular
A few days ago, Angular released its latest version, Angular 12. This article will recap all the important things you need to know before stepping into Angular 12.
One Step Closer to Ivy
As we all know, Angular Ivy was first released with the version 9 update, and it became a game-changer for Angular. So, Angular is continuing its journey with this next-generation compilation and rendering pipeline, and they are taking another step by deprecating View Engine.
View Engine was the compilation pipeline used in earlier versions of Angular, and it will be completely removed with the next major version release.
However, developers don't need to worry much about this since libraries that depend on View Engine will be supported by Ivy. If not, you can use the Angulars compatibility compiler ngcc as well.
But, if you are a library author, it's high time to move into Ivy.
Protractor Will Not be Included in New Projects
Protractor was introduced in 2013, and it has been widely used for E2E testing purposes. But as time moves on, the JavaScript ecosystem changes significantly and various alternatives for E2E testing were introduced with exciting features.
Last April Angular team opened a GitHub forum to hear from the developers regarding the E2E frameworks they use. With the feedback, the Angular team has decided to stop the support for Protractor and move into third-party solutions in the Angular CLI.
According to release notes, Angular is currently working with Cypress, WebdriverIO, and TestCafe regarding the migrations.
So, if you are using Protractor for E2E testing in your project, you will have to move to a new E2E testing framework. But, you don't need to panic since Angular will provide all the migration guides you need.
Nullish Coalescing (??)
Nulish Coalescing, which uses the ?? operator, is widely used in Typescript. It helps to write cleaner and tidier code.
With the version 12 update, Angular…
