Jason Lengstorf and Brandon Roberts got hands-on with Analog during their conversation. Meanwhile, Julian Jandl and Enea Jahollari shared updates covering the most recent progress in RxAngular.
RxAngular
While zoneless is a hot topic nowadays, it isn't exactly novel. For years, the community-driven RxAngular project has enabled writing zoneless apps with granular change detection.
Besides a solution for state management, RxAngular includes a set of template directives tuned for performance and zoneless operation. Additionally, there's a CDK that lets you craft custom directives with RxAngular-specific settings.
Built on Observables, as the name implies, RxAngular has only recently added Signal support to stay aligned with Angular's evolving approach.
In a recent post, Julian Jandl and Enea Jahollari outline these updates and clarify their background.
RxAngular - Native signal support & improved state configuration
In this blog post, we'll dive into some specifics of RxAngular itself and it's recently added new features, including the native support for signals
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Analog
Jason Lengstorf, a well-known live coder, recently hosted an episode featuring special guest Brandon Roberts, where the spotlight was on Analog—a meta-framework built for Angular.
Kicking things off, the conversation zeroed in on a fundamental question: Why?
Angular had its shortcomings when it came to static sites, especially those heavily reliant on SEO. While recent SSR advancements have helped Angular close the gap, there's a ceiling to what SSR can achieve—and that's exactly where Analog enters the picture.
Beyond SSR, Analog offers file-based routing, Markdown Templates, server-side data fetching, and its own distinct format. A key piece of the puzzle is Vite.