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Declare state

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import { useState } from "react";

export default function Name() {
  const [name] = useState("John");

  return <h1>Hello {name}</h1>;
}

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import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-name",
  template: `<h1>Hello {{ name() }}</h1>`,
})
export class NameComponent {
  name = signal("John");
}

Update state

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import { useEffect, useState } from "react";

export default function Name() {
  const [name, setName] = useState("John");

  useEffect(() => {
    setName("Jane");
  }, []);

  return <h1>Hello {name}</h1>;
}

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import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-name",
  template: `<h1>Hello {{ name() }}</h1>`,
})
export class NameComponent {
  name = signal("John");

  constructor() {
    this.name.set("Jane");
  }
}

Computed state

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import { useState } from "react";

export default function DoubleCount() {
  const [count] = useState(10);
  const doubleCount = count * 2;

  return <div>{doubleCount}</div>;
}

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import { Component, computed, signal } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-double-count",
  template: `<div>{{ doubleCount() }}</div>`,
})
export class DoubleCountComponent {
  count = signal(10);

  doubleCount = computed(() => this.count() * 2);
}

Templating

Minimal template

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export default function HelloWorld() {
  return <h1>Hello world</h1>;
}

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import { Component } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-hello-world",
  template: `<h1>Hello world</h1>`,
})
export class HelloWorldComponent {}

Styling

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import "./style.css";

export default function CssStyle() {
  return (
    <>
      <h1 className="title">I am red</h1>
      <button style={{ fontSize: "10rem" }}>I am a button</button>
    </>
  );
}

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import { Component } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-css-style",
  template: `
    <h1 class="title">I am red</h1>
    <button style="font-size: 10rem">I am a button</button>
  `,
  styles: `
    .title {
      color: red;
    }
  `,
})
export class CssStyleComponent {}

Loop

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export default function Colors() {
  const colors = ["red", "green", "blue"];
  return (
    <ul>
      {colors.map((color) => (
        <li key={color}>{color}</li>
      ))}
    </ul>
  );
}

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import { Component } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-colors",
  template: `
    <ul>
      @for (color of colors; track color) {
        <li>{{ color }}</li>
      }
    </ul>
  `,
})
export class ColorsComponent {
  colors = ["red", "green", "blue"];
}

Event click

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import { useState } from "react";

export default function Counter() {
  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);

  function incrementCount() {
    setCount((count) => count + 1);
  }

  return (
    <>
      <p>Counter: {count}</p>
      <button onClick={incrementCount}>+1</button>
    </>
  );
}

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import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-counter",
  template: `
    <p>Counter: {{ count() }}</p>
    <button (click)="incrementCount()">+1</button>
  `,
})
export class CounterComponent {
  count = signal(0);

  incrementCount() {
    this.count.update((count) => count + 1);
  }
}

Dom ref

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import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";

export default function InputFocused() {
  const inputElement = useRef(null);

  useEffect(() => inputElement.current.focus(), []);

  return <input type="text" ref={inputElement} />;
}

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import {
  afterNextRender,
  Component,
  ElementRef,
  viewChild,
} from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-input-focused",
  template: `<input type="text" #inputRef />`,
})
export class InputFocusedComponent {
  inputRef = viewChild.required<ElementRef<HTMLInputElement>>("inputRef");

  constructor() {
    afterNextRender({ write: () => this.inputRef().nativeElement.focus() });
  }
}

Conditional

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import { useState } from "react";

const TRAFFIC_LIGHTS = ["red", "orange", "green"];

export default function TrafficLight() {
  const [lightIndex, setLightIndex] = useState(0);

  const light = TRAFFIC_LIGHTS[lightIndex];

  function nextLight() {
    setLightIndex((lightIndex + 1) % TRAFFIC_LIGHTS.length);
  }

  return (
    <>
      <button onClick={nextLight}>Next light</button>
      <p>Light is: {light}</p>
      <p>
        You must
        {light === "red" && <span>STOP</span>}
        {light === "orange" && <span>SLOW DOWN</span>}
        {light === "green" && <span>GO</span>}
      </p>
    </>
  );
}

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import { Component, computed, signal } from "@angular/core";

const TRAFFIC_LIGHTS = ["red", "orange", "green"];

@Component({
  selector: "app-traffic-light",
  template: `
    <button (click)="nextLight()">Next light</button>
    <p>Light is: {{ light() }}</p>
    <p>
      You must
      @switch (light()) {
        @case ("red") {
          <span>STOP</span>
        }
        @case ("orange") {
          <span>SLOW DOWN</span>
        }
        @case ("green") {
          <span>GO</span>
        }
      }
    </p>
  `,
})
export class TrafficLightComponent {
  lightIndex = signal(0);

  light = computed(() => TRAFFIC_LIGHTS[this.lightIndex()]);

  nextLight() {
    this.lightIndex.update((index) => (index + 1) % TRAFFIC_LIGHTS.length);
  }
}

Lifecycle

On mount

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import { useState, useEffect } from "react";

export default function PageTitle() {
  const [pageTitle, setPageTitle] = useState("");

  useEffect(() => {
    setPageTitle(document.title);
  }, []);

  return <p>Page title: {pageTitle}</p>;
}

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import { Component, OnInit, signal } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-page-title",
  template: `<p>Page title: {{ pageTitle() }}</p>`,
})
export class PageTitleComponent implements OnInit {
  pageTitle = signal("");

  ngOnInit() {
    this.pageTitle.set(document.title);
  }
}

On unmount

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import { useState, useEffect } from "react";

export default function Time() {
  const [time, setTime] = useState(new Date().toLocaleTimeString());

  useEffect(() => {
    const timer = setInterval(() => {
      setTime(new Date().toLocaleTimeString());
    }, 1000);

    return () => clearInterval(timer);
  }, []);

  return <p>Current time: {time}</p>;
}

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import { Component, OnDestroy, signal } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-time",
  template: `<p>Current time: {{ time() }}</p>`,
})
export class TimeComponent implements OnDestroy {
  time = signal(new Date().toLocaleTimeString());

  timer = setInterval(
    () => this.time.set(new Date().toLocaleTimeString()),
    1000,
  );

  ngOnDestroy() {
    clearInterval(this.timer);
  }
}

Component composition

Props

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import UserProfile from "./UserProfile.jsx";

export default function App() {
  return (
    <UserProfile
      name="John"
      age={20}
      favouriteColors={["green", "blue", "red"]}
      isAvailable
    />
  );
}

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import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { UserprofileComponent } from "./userprofile.component";

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  imports: [UserprofileComponent],
  template: `
    <app-userprofile
      name="John"
      [age]="20"
      [favouriteColors]="['green', 'blue', 'red']"
      [isAvailable]="true"
    />
  `,
})
export class AppComponent {}

Emit to parent

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import { useState } from "react";
import AnswerButton from "./AnswerButton.jsx";

export default function App() {
  const [isHappy, setIsHappy] = useState(true);

  function onAnswerNo() {
    setIsHappy(false);
  }

  function onAnswerYes() {
    setIsHappy(true);
  }

  return (
    <>
      <p>Are you happy?</p>
      <AnswerButton onYes={onAnswerYes} onNo={onAnswerNo} />
      <p style={{ fontSize: 50 }}>{isHappy ? "😀" : "😥"}</p>
    </>
  );
}

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import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";
import { AnswerButtonComponent } from "./answer-button.component";

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  imports: [AnswerButtonComponent],
  template: `
    <p>Are you happy?</p>

    <app-answer-button (yes)="onAnswerYes()" (no)="onAnswerNo()" />

    <p style="font-size: 50px">{{ isHappy() ? "😀" : "😥" }}</p>
  `,
})
export class AppComponent {
  isHappy = signal(true);

  onAnswerYes() {
    this.isHappy.set(true);
  }

  onAnswerNo() {
    this.isHappy.set(false);
  }
}

Slot

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import FunnyButton from "./FunnyButton.jsx";

export default function App() {
  return <FunnyButton>Click me!</FunnyButton>;
}

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import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { FunnyButtonComponent } from "./funny-button.component";

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  imports: [FunnyButtonComponent],
  template: `<app-funny-button>Click me!</app-funny-button>`,
})
export class AppComponent {}

Slot fallback

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import FunnyButton from "./FunnyButton.jsx";

export default function App() {
  return (
    <>
      <FunnyButton />
      <FunnyButton>I got content!</FunnyButton>
    </>
  );
}

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import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { FunnyButtonComponent } from "./funny-button.component";

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  imports: [FunnyButtonComponent],
  template: `
    <app-funny-button />

    <app-funny-button>I got content!</app-funny-button>
  `,
})
export class AppComponent {}

Context

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import { useState } from "react";
import UserProfile from "./UserProfile";
import { UserContext } from "./UserContext";

export default function App() {
  const [user, setUser] = useState({
    id: 1,
    username: "unicorn42",
    email: "[email protected]",
  });

  function updateUsername(newUsername) {
    setUser((userData) => ({ ...userData, username: newUsername }));
  }

  return (
    <>
      <h1>Welcome back, {user.username}</h1>
      <UserContext.Provider value={{ ...user, updateUsername }}>
        <UserProfile />
      </UserContext.Provider>
    </>
  );
}

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import { Component, inject } from "@angular/core";
import { UserService } from "./user.service";
import { UserProfileComponent } from "./user-profile.component";

@Component({
  imports: [UserProfileComponent],
  providers: [UserService],
  selector: "app-root",
  template: `
    <h1>Welcome back, {{ userService.user().username }}</h1>
    <app-user-profile />
  `,
})
export class AppComponent {
  protected userService = inject(UserService);
}

Form input

Input text

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import { useState } from "react";

export default function InputHello() {
  const [text, setText] = useState("Hello world");

  function handleChange(event) {
    setText(event.target.value);
  }

  return (
    <>
      <p>{text}</p>
      <input value={text} onChange={handleChange} />
    </>
  );
}

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import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";
import { FormsModule } from "@angular/forms";

@Component({
  imports: [FormsModule],
  selector: "app-input-hello",
  template: `
    <p>{{ text() }}</p>
    <input [(ngModel)]="text" />
  `,
})
export class InputHelloComponent {
  text = signal("");
}

Checkbox

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import { useState } from "react";

export default function IsAvailable() {
  const [isAvailable, setIsAvailable] = useState(false);

  function handleChange() {
    setIsAvailable(!isAvailable);
  }

  return (
    <>
      <input
        id="is-available"
        type="checkbox"
        checked={isAvailable}
        onChange={handleChange}
      />
      <label htmlFor="is-available">Is available</label>
    </>
  );
}

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import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";
import { FormsModule } from "@angular/forms";

@Component({
  imports: [FormsModule],
  selector: "app-is-available",
  template: `
    <input id="is-available" type="checkbox" [(ngModel)]="isAvailable" />
    <label for="is-available">Is available</label>
  `,
})
export class IsAvailableComponent {
  isAvailable = signal(false);
}

Radio

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import { useState } from "react";

export default function PickPill() {
  const [picked, setPicked] = useState("red");

  function handleChange(event) {
    setPicked(event.target.value);
  }

  return (
    <>
      <div>Picked: {picked}</div>

      <input
        id="blue-pill"
        checked={picked === "blue"}
        type="radio"
        value="blue"
        onChange={handleChange}
      />
      <label htmlFor="blue-pill">Blue pill</label>

      <input
        id="red-pill"
        checked={picked === "red"}
        type="radio"
        value="red"
        onChange={handleChange}
      />
      <label htmlFor="red-pill">Red pill</label>
    </>
  );
}

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import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";
import { FormsModule } from "@angular/forms";

@Component({
  imports: [FormsModule],
  selector: "app-pick-pill",
  template: `
    <div>Picked: {{ picked() }}</div>

    <input id="blue-pill" type="radio" value="blue" [(ngModel)]="picked" />
    <label for="blue-pill">Blue pill</label>

    <input id="red-pill" type="radio" value="red" [(ngModel)]="picked" />
    <label for="red-pill">Red pill</label>
  `,
})
export class PickPillComponent {
  picked = signal("red");
}

Select

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import { useState } from "react";

const colors = [
  { id: 1, text: "red" },
  { id: 2, text: "blue" },
  { id: 3, text: "green" },
  { id: 4, text: "gray", isDisabled: true },
];

export default function ColorSelect() {
  const [selectedColorId, setSelectedColorId] = useState(2);

  function handleChange(event) {
    setSelectedColorId(event.target.value);
  }

  return (
    <select value={selectedColorId} onChange={handleChange}>
      {colors.map((color) => (
        <option key={color.id} value={color.id} disabled={color.isDisabled}>
          {color.text}
        </option>
      ))}
    </select>
  );
}

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import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";
import { FormsModule } from "@angular/forms";

@Component({
  imports: [FormsModule],
  selector: "app-color-select",
  template: `
    <select [(ngModel)]="selectedColorId">
      @for (let color of colors; track color) {
        <option [value]="color.id" [disabled]="color.isDisabled">
          {{ color.text }}
        </option>
      }
    </select>
  `,
})
export class ColorSelectComponent {
  selectedColorId = signal(2);

  colors = [
    { id: 1, text: "red" },
    { id: 2, text: "blue" },
    { id: 3, text: "green" },
    { id: 4, text: "gray", isDisabled: true },
  ];
}

Webapp features

Render app

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<!doctype html>
<html>
  <body>
    <div id="app"></div>
    <script type="module" src="./main.jsx"></script>
  </body>
</html>

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<!doctype html>
<html>
  <body>
    <app-root></app-root>
  </body>
</html>

Fetch data

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import useFetchUsers from "./useFetchUsers";

export default function App() {
  const { isLoading, error, data: users } = useFetchUsers();

  return (
    <>
      {isLoading ? (
        <p>Fetching users...</p>
      ) : error ? (
        <p>An error occurred while fetching users</p>
      ) : (
        users && (
          <ul>
            {users.map((user) => (
              <li key={user.login.uuid}>
                <img src={user.picture.thumbnail} alt="user" />
                <p>
                  {user.name.first} {user.name.last}
                </p>
              </li>
            ))}
          </ul>
        )
      )}
    </>
  );
}

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import { Injectable } from "@angular/core";
import { httpResource } from "@angular/common/http";

@Injectable({ providedIn: "root" })
export class UserService {
  readonly usersResource = httpResource<UserResponse>(
    () => "https://randomuser.me/api/?results=3",
  );
}

export interface UserResponse {
  results: User[];
  info: any;
}

export interface User {
  name: {
    title: string;
    first: string;
    last: string;
  };
  picture: {
    large: string;
    medium: string;
    thumbnail: string;
  };
}