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Angular 2 RC5 was released was released last week. Looking through the change log of bug fixes and new features shows a lot of progress has been made. However, I experienced a sinking feeling after reading several pages of Breaking Changes about the introduction of @NgModule and changing how we need to bootstrap our applications.
Frontend Development
Because Rangle is a consultancy, we have the opportunity to work with many different clients over a relatively short period. Over the last two years, we've been able to refine a lean discovery process that allows us to rapidly align our teams with our clients and lay the groundwork for establishing clear communication channels on day one. What I realized over this time was something I had learned early in my career as a graphic designer pitching to upper management: the first experience you design is for your stakeholders.
Align Product Strategy
This post was last updated 08/12/2016. One of the nicest changes in Angular 2 is the new template syntax. The declarative nature of the brackets around a property and parentheses around events initially worried many people but it has really grown on me.
Frontend Development
As Redux is becoming more popular within the Angular community, it's not always clear how to bridge the gap between working with Redux and how to make it fit naturally with Angular 2.
Frontend Development
This post currently reflects an earlier version of Angular, and may not be up to date or reflect the current release. Angular 2 has greatly simplified services since Angular 1. In Angular 1, there was a service, factory, provider, delegate, value, constant, etc. and it wasn't always clear when to use which.
Frontend Development
@ngrx/store is a popular store architecture for Angular 2. It promotes one-way data binding for components — this post covers how to compute derived values from the store using RxJS operators like map, scan, and combineLatest.
Frontend Development
This post is about the next generation of asynchronous JavaScript tools and it assumes basic familiarity with promises and callbacks.
Frontend Development
Augury, Rangle's Chrome Developer Tool extension, allows developers to look deeply into their Angular 2 application by visualizing their component tree and the data associated with it.
Angular
When used together, React and Redux are an awesome combination of technologies that help us structure applications with a true separation of concerns. Even with React being extremely performant out of the box, there comes a time when even higher performance is required.
Frontend Development
Paris 2016. This year ReactEurope wasn't dampened by the torrential rains that were flooding the Seine river. The mood was one of excitement from both attendees and speakers about the current state and future of the React development ecosystem.
Frontend Development
In this post, our Scrum Master Rehana shares her unique insights on what makes building a strong team comparable to building strong software.
Build Engineering Capability
JavaScript is evolving rapidly, with new approaches to application development appearing almost on a monthly basis. As a training firm, one of the services we provide is staying on top of these changes and advising our clients on contemporary thinking.
Build Engineering Capability