Say goodbye to code duplication and performance problems with ng-templates in large projects — 🏢 Large Applications and Angular The ecosystem of Angular is consistent and with its pro-object oriented opinions, it surely is a great framework for developing large-scale enterprise applications with a long lifespan. However, after some time, when every application grows, several problems which are not spoken much about arise, most commonly code duplication and improper…

An elegant no-hassle way to get rid of meaningless technical plumbing in your business Angular components. — Today's web applications typically solve business problems which can sometimes be very complex and quite hard to write readable code for. Many times, situations arise when a purely technical piece of spaghetti code gets interwoven into a codebase realising a business requirement of some kind. In many cases, such a…

A critical reflection on my past self after completing an MSc. in software engineering and sky-rocketing my career as a respected web development expert — Eight years ago, I started my programming path as a self-taught hobbyist who later became a freelance programmer working occasionally for startups with low budgets. After several years of such small gigs, I have applied to a large corporation where, after several years, my career sky-rocketed and where I built…

6 techniques to write your stylesheets as clean as ever — making them easy to read, maintain and reuse. — Today's interactive web pages and Single Page Applications heavily utilize HTML, CSS and JavaScript as their primary implementation languages. Aside from JavaScript code which has recently gained its attention in terms of maintainability and readability (TypeScript, ES Modules and the class construct), a lot of HTML and CSS code in…

The major characteristics of Core and Shared module in Angular, pro tips and tricks plus a rule of thumb for determining which module to put your Angular code into — An important aspect of every system determining future maintainability and code clarity is its modular structure, regardless of system size. This article will quickly sum the purposes of core and shared modules in Angular applications, answer some deeper questions concerning those, and introduce a rule of thumb you may use…

Accelerate your way to programming proficiency by learning the concepts contained within these 5 programming languages. — The demand for software developers overwhelms the supply. Flexible and skilled programmers are extremely rare to find, thus have numerous advantages over their peers. Grasping the concepts related to the following programming languages will make you write cleaner code, more robust code, will make you more productive, and most importantly…

5 techniques for quickly handling unsubscribe() calls to a large number of subscriptions inside your Angular components + a guide on which one to choose for your project — RxJS along with observables is a must-have skill of every serious Angular developer. The framework exposes the observables for use in many areas — from basic HTTP communication to advanced development techniques such as interceptors, guards, and resolvers. Sooner or later, the need for effectively handling unsubscribe() calls to large…