If web and mobile apps have become the part and parcel of our daily lives, it couldn’t be possible without the frontend Javascript frameworks. Angular as the leading javascript framework has a considerable share in shaping the web and mobile app experience. Angular is the most mature framework because it evolved through several critical updates and still continues to offer more value with every new update.

Angular 10 and Angular 11, both versions were released within a span of just a few months. Naturally, dedicated Angular programmers will take interest in these two latest versions and their respective offerings, value propositions, and differences.

Angular 10

Angular 10 was released this year on the 24th of June with several key changes and value additions. This version instead of offering too many new features mainly tried to boost the perfection of the ecosystem.

Here are the key updates with the Angular 10 version.

• Language Service Compiler

Angular 10 offers a compiler enabling language service to help type checking the files and offering ScriptInfos as and when needed. This feature is created to reduce coding errors.

• New Compiler Interface

Angular 10 version comes with a new compiler interface over and above the original NTSC compiler.

• New Update for Browser Configuration

Angular 10 also offers an upgraded browser configuration and it can be availed by all new projects. All that developers need to do is to add the respective browsers in the .browserslist RC file and it will automatically make ES5 builds possible along with differential browser loading.

• More Strict Project Settings

Angular 10 version also allows a more strict set of projects when you need to create additional workspace by using ng new. This will help in reducing bugs in new projects.

• Performance Enhancements

Angular 10 by reducing the footprint of the entry-points, ensures a better loading time and overall performance. The dependency caching and basePaths calculated well in advance helps boost performance further.

• Typescript Upgrades

In comparison to the previous version Angular 10 upgrades to Typescript 3.9 to ensure more stability, sophistication, and performance. Some of the key-value additions with this Typescript version include easier error detection, easier code completions, faster fixes to bugs and issues, compiler acceleration, etc.

• Localization

Angular 10 has also incorporated more localization features to allow translations into multiple languages.

• Service Workers

Angular 10 addresses the affected or erroneous resources by rearranging the Angular ServiceWorker. This will prevent the caching of the affected resources.

• Stability Of The Angular Core

Angular 10 now ensures that all warnings will be treated as errors to prevent breaking of the app. When the developer uses View Engine, there will be no issuing of build errors.

• Facilitating Changes With Pre-Lvy Code

The developers can incorporate changes in the code of the pre-ivy conditions while updating in the ivy conditions.

Angular 11

Angular 11 was released this year on 14th November 2020, just after a few months of Angular 10 release. The update instead of just offering ecosystem improvements offered many new features. Before you hire Angular developers for your next project, understanding the offerings of the latest Angular update will be important.

Here we explain the key updates received through Angular 11.

• Enhanced Support For Hot Module Replacement (HMR)

Angular 11 offers an enhanced Hot Module Replacement system that allows replacing the modules without carrying a full refresh of the browser.  Thanks to this new HMR,  all the code and component changes and changes with styles and design templates will be made instantly available in real-time for the app users.

• Operation Byelog Update

The ambitious Operation Byelog project has also received an update with Angular 11. The project which had the objective of all developer issues and   Angular community needs will now register issues faster reducing the backlog of Angular issues.

• Automatic Font Inlining

Angular 11 offers a new feature called automatic font inlining that helps convert the Google Fonts to be incorporated easily into the index HTML.

• Component Test Harnesses

The Component Test Harnesses in Angular 11 offers a more well-equipped API testing mechanism to test all the Angular Material components. The feature also offers a manual function for detecting changes that prevent automatic detection of changes and ensures better control in tracking all changes.

• New Language Service

Angular Language Service feature in Angular 11 offers several useful tools to boost productivity and engaging development experience. By changing the default language administration standards it will allow more precise generic types within the templates just in the way TypeScript compiler works.