block includes
include ../_util-fns
- var _JavaScript = 'JavaScript';
//- Double underscore means don't escape var, use !{__var}.
- var __chaining_op = '; or ,';
- var __new_op = 'new';
- var __objectAsMap = 'object';
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Our Angular application manages what the user sees and can do, achieving this through the interaction of a Component class instance (the *component*) and its user-facing template.
Many of us are familiar with the component/template duality from our experience with model-view-controller (MVC) or model-view-viewmodel (MVVM). In Angular, the component plays the part of the controller/viewmodel, and the template represents the view.
Let’s find out what it takes to write a template for our view. We’ll cover these basic elements of template syntax:
* [HTML](#html)
* [Interpolation](#interpolation)
* [Template expressions](#template-expressions)
* [Template statements](#template-statements)
* [Binding syntax](#binding-syntax)
* [Property binding](#property-binding)
* [Attribute, class, and style bindings](#other-bindings)
* [Event binding](#event-binding)
* [Two-way data binding with `NgModel`](#ngModel)
* [Built-in directives](#directives)
* [NgClass](#ngClass)
* [NgStyle](#ngStyle)
* [NgIf](#ngIf)
* [NgSwitch](#ngSwitch)
* [NgFor](#ngFor)
* [* and <template>](#star-template)
* [Template reference variables](#ref-vars)
* [Input and output properties](#inputs-outputs)
* [Template expression operators](#expression-operators)
* [pipe](#pipe)
* [safe navigation operator (?.)](#safe-navigation-operator)
p.
The #[+liveExampleLink2()]
demonstrates all of the syntax and code snippets described in this chapter.
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## HTML
HTML is the language of the Angular template. Our [QuickStart](../quickstart.html) application had a template that was pure HTML:
code-example(language="html" escape="html").
My First Angular 2 App
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Almost all HTML syntax is valid template syntax. The `