Muhammad Ahsan Ayaz

Angular <> Angular CDK - Awesomeness Combined

Need powerful UI features without the rigid styles of a component library? Learn how the Angular CDK gives you the best of both worlds.

Angular <> Angular CDK - Awesomeness Combined
#1about 5 minutes

Understanding Angular as a complete development platform

Angular is a comprehensive platform with a rich ecosystem of tools for building scalable web, mobile, and desktop applications.

#2about 5 minutes

The challenge of choosing a UI library

Using pre-built UI libraries like Bootstrap offers functionality but forces default styles, while building from scratch requires reinventing common components.

#3about 5 minutes

Getting started with the Angular CDK

The Angular CDK provides unstyled, accessible, and high-performance UI behaviors, allowing you to build custom component libraries without the boilerplate.

#4about 6 minutes

Optimizing large lists with virtual scrolling

Use the CDK's virtual scroll to render only the visible items in a list, significantly improving performance by reducing the number of DOM elements.

#5about 3 minutes

Implementing drag and drop for lists

The CDK's drag and drop module simplifies creating interactive lists where users can reorder items or move them between containers.

#6about 3 minutes

Adding keyboard navigation with ListKeyManager

Improve accessibility by using the ListKeyManager to easily add keyboard navigation and focus management to custom list components.

#7about 3 minutes

Building multi-step wizards with the stepper API

The CDK Stepper API allows you to break down complex forms or processes into a simple, guided, multi-step wizard experience.

#8about 5 minutes

Building dynamic popovers with the overlay API

The CDK Overlay API provides a powerful way to render floating panels like dialogs and tooltips with intelligent, dynamic positioning.

#9about 2 minutes

Handling responsive item sizes in virtual scroll

When using virtual scroll with responsive items, provide a consistent or maximum item size to ensure the CDK renders a sufficient buffer of elements.

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