5.0.0-alpha+9

angular

5.0.0-alpha+9

New features

• Static properties and methods of a component may now be referenced without a
  receiver in the component's own template.

  Before: ExampleComponent as receiver is necessary.

  @Component(
    selector: 'example',
    template: '<h1>{{ExampleComponent.title}}</h1>',
  )
  class ExampleComponent {
    static String title;
  }

  After: No receiver is necessary.

  @Component(
    selector: 'example',
    template: '<h1>{{title}}</h1>',
  )
  class ExampleComponent {
    static String title;
  }

Breaking changes

• The field COMMON_PIPES has been renamed to commonPipes.

• The field zone in ApplicationRef has been removed from the API.

• The token PLATFORM_INITIALIZERS has been removed. This was used sparingly to
  run functions before the application was started, but can just as easily be
  converted into running functions in main() before.

• The token APP_INITIALIZER is now DEPRECATED. It was used sparingly,
  and can easily be replaced by running functions in your root component with
  an *ngIf guard for initialization.

• Methods in lifecycle hooks have void return type. This is breaking change
  if the override doesn't specify return type and uses return without any
  value. To fix add a void or Future<void> return type to the override:

  class MyComp implements OnInit {
    @override
    void ngOnInit() {
      // ...
    }
  }

• Removed deprecated ComponentResolver class.

• Removed deprecated componentFactories and componentTypes getters from
  the ApplicationRef class. These were used internally by the legacy router
  and were not intended to be parts of the public API.

Bug fixes

• String literals bound in templates now support Unicode escapes of the form
  \u{?-??????}. This enables support for Unicode supplementary planes, which
  includes emojis!

• Using @GenerateInjector with a ValueProvider where the value is either a
  top-level function or static-class method no longer crashes.

Internal cleanup

• Template normalization in the compiler now uses the newer template parser
  based on package:angular_ast. There is no flag to enable the old behavior
  but please reach out if you see issues in this release.

angular_ast

0.5.0

• BREAKING CHANGE: We no longer support parsing Dart expressions as part
  of parsing the template AST. We hope to re-add some support for this by
  migrating the existing parser in package:angular, but we are likely not to
  have a stable API for some time.

• BREAKING CHANGE: Deleted ExpressionParserVisitor (related to above).

angular_compiler

0.4.0-alpha+9

Breaking changes

• TokenReader no longer supports arbitrary const objects or literals.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the compiler crashed after resolving a bound type failed.

angular_forms

2.0.0-alpha+1

New Features

• Add MemorizedForm directive. This is a form that will not remove controls
  if the control is taken out of the view, for example with a [NgIf].

Breaking Changes

• Remove optionals param from ControlGroup constructor. This will soon be
  replaced by disabled state for all Controls. See
  #1037 for more details.

angular_router

2.0.0-alpha+9

Breaking changes

• APP_BASE_HREF was removed in favor of appBaseHref.

• When navigating to and from the same implementation of CanReuse, if it
  returns true, the implementation will remain attached to the DOM.
  Previously, components were unconditionally detached from the DOM on
  navigation, and reusable components would simply be reattached.

  This may be a change to the scroll behavior of your components, as
  temporarily removing reused components from the DOM could reset the scroll
  position if no other content was present.

Bug fixes

• CanNavigate, CanDeactivate, and OnDeactivate should now always be
  invoked on the active instance of a component rather than the instance
  created during route resolution. This previously could occur when navigating
  away and back to a nested route whose parent was not reusable.

angular_test

2.0.0-alpha+7

• Maintenance release, supporting newer package versions.