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Also fix a few intros while I'm in _data.json. closes #659
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"displaying-data": {
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"title": "Displaying Data",
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"intro": "In Angular, we display data by binding component properties to elements in HTML templates using interpolation and other forms of Property Binding."
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"intro": "Interpolation and other forms of property binding help us show app data in the UI."
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},
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"user-input": {
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"title": "User Input",
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"intro": "User input triggers DOM events. We listen to those events with EventBindings that funnel updated values back into our components and models."
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"intro": "User input triggers DOM events. We listen to those events with event bindings that funnel updated values back into our components and models."
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},
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"forms": {
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"template-syntax": {
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"title": "Template Syntax",
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"intro": "How to write templates that display data and consume user events with the help of data binding."
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"intro": "Learn how to write templates that display data and consume user events with the help of data binding."
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},
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"pipes": {
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"title": "Pipes",
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"intro": "Pipes transform displayed values within a template"
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"intro": "Pipes transform displayed values within a template."
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},
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"router": {
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"title": "Routing & Navigation",
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"intro": "Discover the basics of screen navigation with the Angular 2 router"
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"intro": "Discover the basics of screen navigation with the Angular 2 router."
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},
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"lifecycle-hooks": {
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"title": "Lifecycle Hooks",
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"intro": "Angular calls lifecycle hook methods on our directives and components as it creates, changes, and destroys them."
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"intro": "Angular calls lifecycle hook methods on directives and components as it creates, changes, and destroys them."
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},
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"attribute-directives": {
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<!-- http://plnkr.co/edit/x9JYbC -->
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:marked
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## Displaying Component Properties
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We typically display data in Angular by binding controls in an HTML template
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to properties of an Angular Component.
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to properties of an Angular component.
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In this chapter, we'll create a component with a list of heroes. Each hero has a name.
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We'll display the list of hero names and
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conditionally show a selected hero in a detail area below the list.
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[Live Example](/resources/live-examples/displaying-data/ts/plnkr.html)
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Our final UI looks like this:
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The final UI looks like this:
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figure.image-display
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img(src="/resources/images/devguide/displaying-data/final.png" alt="Final UI")
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:marked
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[Run the live example](/resources/live-examples/displaying-data/ts/plnkr.html)
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<a id="interpolation"></a>
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:marked
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:marked
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We added two properties to the formerly empty component: `title` and `myHero`.
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Our revised template displays the two component properties using the double curly brace
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Our revised template displays the two component properties using double curly brace
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interpolation:
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+makeExample('displaying-data/ts/app/app.component.1.ts', 'template')(format=".")
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.l-sub-section
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:marked
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The template is a multi-line string within ECMAScript 2015 back-tics (\`).
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The back-tick (\`) is not the same character as a single quote (').
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It has many nice features. The feature we're exploiting is
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the ability to compose the string over several lines which
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makes for much more readable HTML.
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The template is a multi-line string within ECMAScript 2015 backticks (\`).
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The backtick (\`) — which is *not* the same character as a single
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quote (') — has many nice features. The feature we're exploiting here
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is the ability to compose the string over several lines, which makes for
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much more readable HTML.
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:marked
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Angular automatically pulls the value of the `title` and `myHero` properties from the component and
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inserts those values into the browser. Angular will update the display
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inserts those values into the browser. Angular updates the display
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when these properties change.
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.l-sub-section
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:marked
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More precisely, the re-display occurs after some kind of asynchronous event related to
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More precisely, the redisplay occurs after some kind of asynchronous event related to
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the view such as a keystroke, a timer completion, or an async `XHR` response.
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We don't have those in this sample.
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But then the properties aren't changing on their own either. For the moment we must operate on faith.
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## Template inline or template file?
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We can store our component's template in one of two places.
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We can define it "inline" using the template property as we do here.
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We can define it *inline* using the `template` property, as we do here.
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Or we can define the template in a separate HTML file and link to it in
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the component metadata using the `@Component` decorator's `templateUrl` property.
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We're using the *inline* style because the template is small and it makes for clearer demonstration.
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The choice between them is a matter of taste, circumstances, and organization policy.
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The choice between inline and separate HTML is a matter of taste,
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circumstances, and organization policy.
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Here we're using inline HTML because the template is small, and the demo
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is simpler without the HTML file.
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In either style, the template data bindings have the same access to the component's properties.
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+makeExample('displaying-data/ts/app/app-ctor.component.ts', 'app-ctor')(format=".")
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That's fine too. The choice between them is a matter of taste and organization policy.
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That's fine too. The choice is a matter of taste and organization policy.
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We'll adopt the more terse "variable assignment" style in this chapter simply because
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there will be less code to read.
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## Showing an array property with NgFor
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We want to display a list of heroes. We begin by adding a mock heroes name array to the component,
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just above `myHero` and redefine `myHero` to be the first name in the array.
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just above `myHero`, and redefine `myHero` to be the first name in the array.
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+makeExample('displaying-data/ts/app/app.component.2.ts', 'mock-heroes', 'app/app.component.ts (class)')(format=".")
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:marked
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Now we use the Angular `NgFor` "repeater" Directive in the template to display
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Now we use the Angular `NgFor` "repeater" directive in the template to display
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each item in the `heroes` list.
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+makeExample('displaying-data/ts/app/app.component.2.ts', 'template','app/app.component.ts (template)')(format=".")
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:marked
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We added a somewhat mysterious `*ngFor` to the `<li>` element.
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That's the Angular "repeater" directive.
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It's presence on the `<li>` tag marks that `<li>` element (and its children) as the "repeater template".
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Its presence on the `<li>` tag marks that `<li>` element (and its children) as the "repeater template".
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.alert.is-important
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:marked
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Don't forget the leading asterisk (\*) in front of `*ngFor`. It is an essential part of the syntax.
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Don't forget the leading asterisk (\*) in `*ngFor`. It is an essential part of the syntax.
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Learn more about this and `NgFor` in the [Template Syntax](./template-syntax.html#ngFor) chapter.
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Notice the `#hero` in the `NgFor` double-quoted instruction.
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The `#hero` is a "[template local variable](./template-syntax.html#local-vars")" *declaration*.
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The (#) prefix declares a local variable name named `hero`.
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The `#hero` is a [local template variable](./template-syntax.html#local-vars) declaration.
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The `#` prefix declares a local variable name named `hero`.
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Angular will duplicate the `<li>` for each item in the list, setting the `hero` variable
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Angular duplicates the `<li>` for each item in the list, setting the `hero` variable
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to the item (the hero) in the current iteration. Angular uses that variable as the
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context for the interpolation in the double curly braces.
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That's fine for a demo but certainly isn't a best practice. It's not even a good practice.
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Although we won't do anything about that in this chapter, we'll make a mental note to fix this down the road.
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At the moment, we're binding to an array of strings. We do that occasionally in real applications but
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most of the time we're displaying objects, potentially instances of classes.
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At the moment, we're binding to an array of strings. We do that occasionally in real applications, but
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most of the time we're displaying objects — potentially instances of classes.
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Let's turn our array of hero names into an array of `Hero` objects. For that we'll need a `Hero' class.
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Let's turn our array of hero names into an array of `Hero` objects. For that we'll need a `Hero` class.
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Create a new file in the `app/` folder called `hero.ts` with the following short bit of code.
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+makeExample('displaying-data/ts/app/hero.ts', null, 'app/hero.ts')(format = ".")
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We've defined a class with a constructor and two properties: `id` and `name`.
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If we are new to TypeScript, it may not look like we have properties. But we do. We're taking
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advantage of a TypeScript short-cut in our declaration of the constructor parameters.
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It might not look like we have properties, but we do. We're taking
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advantage of a TypeScript shortcut in our declaration of the constructor parameters.
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Consider the first parameter:
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+makeExample('displaying-data/ts/app/hero.ts', 'id-parameter')
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That brief syntax simultaneously
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That brief syntax does a lot:
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* declares a constructor parameter and its type
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* declare a public property of the same name
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* initializes that property with the corresponding argument when we "new" an instance of the class.
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* declares a public property of the same name
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* initializes that property with the corresponding argument when we "new" an instance of the class
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## Use the Hero class
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Let's redefine the heroes property in our component to return an array of these Heroes
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## Using the Hero class
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Let's redefine the `heroes` property in our component to return an array of these Hero objects
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and also set the `myHero` property with the first of these mock heroes.
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+makeExample('displaying-data/ts/app/app.component.3.ts', 'heroes', 'app.component.ts (excerpt)')(format=".")
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:marked
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We'll have to update the template.
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At the moment it displays the entire hero object which used to be a string value.
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Let's fix that so we interpolate the `hero.name` property
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At the moment it displays the entire `hero` object, which used to be a string value.
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Let's fix that so we interpolate the `hero.name` property.
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+makeExample('displaying-data/ts/app/app.component.3.ts', 'template','app.component.ts (template)')(format=".")
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:marked
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Our display looks the same but we know how much better it is under the hood.
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Our display looks the same, but now we know much better what a hero really is.
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<a id="ngIf"></a>
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## Conditional display with NgIf
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Sometimes the app should display a view or a portion of a view only under prescribed circumstances.
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Sometimes the app should display a view or a portion of a view only under specific circumstances.
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In our example, we'd like to display a message if we have a large number of heroes ... say more than 3.
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In our example, we'd like to display a message if we have a large number of heroes — say, more than 3.
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The Angular `NgIf` directive will insert or remove an element based on a truthy/falsey condition.
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The Angular `NgIf` directive inserts or removes an element based on a truthy/falsey condition.
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We can see it in action by adding the following paragraph at the bottom of the template:
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+makeExample('displaying-data/ts/app/app.component.ts', 'message')
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.alert.is-important
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Don't forget the leading asterisk (\*) in front of `*ngIf`. It is an essential part of the syntax.
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Don't forget the leading asterisk (\*) in `*ngIf`. It is an essential part of the syntax.
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Learn more about this and `NgIf` in the [Template Syntax](./template-syntax.html#ngIf) chapter.
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The [template expression](./template-syntax.html#template-expressions) inside the double quotes
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looks much like JavaScript and it is much like JavaScript.
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looks much like JavaScript and it _is_ much like JavaScript.
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When the component's list of heroes has more than 3 items, Angular adds the paragraph to the DOM and the message appears.
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If there were 3 or fewer items, Angular omits the paragraph and there is no message.
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If there are 3 or fewer items, Angular omits the paragraph, so no message appears.
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we were conditionally including or excluding a big chunk of HTML with many data bindings.
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Try it out. We have four items in the array so the message should appear.
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Try it out. Because the array has four items, the message should appear.
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Go back into `app.component.ts` and delete or comment out one of the elements from the hero array.
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The browser should refresh automatically and the message should disappear.
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Play with it.
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## Summary
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Now we know how to
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- use **interpolation** with the double curly braces to display a component property,
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- use **`NgFor`** to display a list of items,
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- use a TypeScript class to shape the model data for our component and display properties of that model,
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- use **`NgIf`** to conditionally display a chunk of HTML based on a boolean expression.
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Now we know how to use:
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- **interpolation** with double curly braces to display a component property
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- **`NgFor`** to display a list of items
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- a TypeScript class to shape the **model data** for our component and display properties of that model
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- **`NgIf`** to conditionally display a chunk of HTML based on a boolean expression
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Our final code:
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Here's our final code:
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+makeTabs(`displaying-data/ts/app/app.component.ts,
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displaying-data/ts/app/hero.ts,
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displaying-data/ts/app/boot.ts`,
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'final,,',
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'app/app.component.ts, app/hero.ts, boot.ts')
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## Next Steps
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In addition to displaying data, most applications need to respond to user input.
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Learn about that in the [User Input](./user-input.html) chapter.
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