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@title
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Upgrading from AngularJS
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@intro
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Incrementally upgrade an AngularJS application to Angular.
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@description
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_Angular_ is the name for the Angular of today and tomorrow.
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_AngularJS_ is the name for all v1.x versions of Angular.
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AngularJS apps are great.
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Always consider the business case before moving to Angular.
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An important part of that case is the time and effort to get there.
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This guide describes the built-in tools for efficiently migrating AngularJS projects over to the
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Angular platform, a piece at a time.
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Some applications will be easier to upgrade than others, and there are
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ways in which we can make it easier for ourselves. It is possible to
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prepare and align AngularJS applications with Angular even before beginning
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the upgrade process. These preparation steps are all about making the code
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more decoupled, more maintainable, and up to speed with modern development
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tools. That means the preparation work will not only make the eventual upgrade
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easier, but will also generally improve our AngularJS applications.
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One of the keys to a successful upgrade is to do it incrementally,
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by running the two frameworks side by side in the same application, and
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porting AngularJS components to Angular one by one. This makes it possible
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to upgrade even large and complex applications without disrupting other
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business, because the work can be done collaboratively and spread over
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a period of time. The `upgrade` module in Angular has been designed to
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make incremental upgrading seamless.
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1. [Preparation](#preparation)
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1. [Follow the Angular Style Guide](#follow-the-angular-style-guide)
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2. [Using a Module Loader](#using-a-module-loader)
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3. [Migrating to TypeScript](#migrating-to-typescript)
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4. [Using Component Directives](#using-component-directives)
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2. [Upgrading with The Upgrade Module](#upgrading-with-the-upgrade-module)
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1. [How The Upgrade Module Works](#how-the-upgrade-module-works)
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2. [Bootstrapping hybrid](#bootstrapping-hybrid-applications)
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3. [Using Angular Components from AngularJS Code](#using-angular-components-from-angularjs-code)
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4. [Using AngularJS Component Directives from Angular Code](#using-angularjs-component-directives-from-angular-code)
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5. [Projecting AngularJS Content into Angular Components](#projecting-angularjs-content-into-angular-components)
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6. [Transcluding Angular Content into AngularJS Component Directives](#transcluding-angular-content-into-angularjs-component-directives)
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7. [Making AngularJS Dependencies Injectable to Angular](#making-angularjs-dependencies-injectable-to-angular)
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8. [Making Angular Dependencies Injectable to AngularJS](#making-angular-dependencies-injectable-to-angularjs)
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9. [Using Ahead-of-time compilation with hybrid apps](#using-ahead-of-time-compilation-with-hybrid-apps)
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10. [Dividing routes between Angular and AngularJS](#dividing-routes-between-angular-and-angularjs)
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3. [PhoneCat Upgrade Tutorial](#phonecat-upgrade-tutorial)
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1. [Switching to TypeScript](#switching-to-typescript)
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2. [Installing Angular](#installing-angular)
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3. [Bootstrapping a hybrid PhoneCat](#bootstrapping-a-hybrid-phonecat)
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4. [Upgrading the Phone service](#upgrading-the-phone-service)
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5. [Upgrading Components](#upgrading-components)
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6. [AoT compile the hybrid app](#aot-compile-the-hybrid-app)
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7. [Adding The Angular Router And Bootstrap](#adding-the-angular-router-and-bootstrap)
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8. [Say Goodbye to AngularJS](#say-goodbye-to-angularjs)
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3. [Appendix: Upgrading PhoneCat Tests](#appendix-upgrading-phonecat-tests)
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## Preparation
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There are many ways to structure AngularJS applications. When we begin
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to upgrade these applications to Angular, some will turn out to be
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much more easy to work with than others. There are a few key techniques
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and patterns that we can apply to future proof our apps even before we
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begin the migration.
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### Follow the Angular Style Guide
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The [AngularJS Style Guide](https://github.com/johnpapa/angular-styleguide/blob/master/a1/README.md#single-responsibility)
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collects patterns and practices that have been proven to result in
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cleaner and more maintainable AngularJS applications. It contains a wealth
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of information about how to write and organize Angular code - and equally
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importantly - how **not** to write and organize Angular code.
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Angular is a reimagined version of the best parts of AngularJS. In that
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sense, its goals are the same as the Angular Style Guide's: To preserve
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the good parts of AngularJS, and to avoid the bad parts. There's a lot
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more to Angular than just that of course, but this does mean that
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*following the style guide helps make your AngularJS app more closely
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aligned with Angular*.
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There are a few rules in particular that will make it much easier to do
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*an incremental upgrade* using the Angular `upgrade` module:
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* The [Rule of 1](https://github.com/johnpapa/angular-styleguide/blob/master/a1/README.md#single-responsibility)
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states that there should be one component per file. This not only makes
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components easy to navigate and find, but will also allow us to migrate
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them between languages and frameworks one at a time. In this example application,
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each controller, component, service, and filter is in its own source file.
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* The [Folders-by-Feature Structure](https://github.com/johnpapa/angular-styleguide/blob/master/a1/README.md#folders-by-feature-structure)
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and [Modularity](https://github.com/johnpapa/angular-styleguide/blob/master/a1/README.md#modularity)
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rules define similar principles on a higher level of abstraction: Different parts of the
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application should reside in different directories and Angular modules.
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When an application is laid out feature per feature in this way, it can also be
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migrated one feature at a time. For applications that don't already look like
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this, applying the rules in the Angular style guide is a highly recommended
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preparation step. And this is not just for the sake of the upgrade - it is just
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solid advice in general!
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### Using a Module Loader
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When we break application code down into one component per file, we often end
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up with a project structure with a large number of relatively small files. This is
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a much neater way to organize things than a small number of large files, but it
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doesn't work that well if you have to load all those files to the HTML page with
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<script> tags. Especially when you also have to maintain those tags in the correct
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order. That's why it's a good idea to start using a *module loader*.
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Using a module loader such as [SystemJS](https://github.com/systemjs/systemjs),
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[Webpack](http://webpack.github.io/), or [Browserify](http://browserify.org/)
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allows us to use the built-in module systems of the TypeScript or ES2015 languages in our apps.
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We can use the `import` and `export` features that explicitly specify what code can
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and will be shared between different parts of the application. For ES5 applications
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we can use CommonJS style `require` and `module.exports` features. In both cases,
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the module loader will then take care of loading all the code the application needs
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in the correct order.
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When we then take our applications into production, module loaders also make it easier
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to package them all up into production bundles with batteries included.
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### Migrating to TypeScript
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If part of our Angular upgrade plan is to also take TypeScript into use, it makes
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sense to bring in the TypeScript compiler even before the upgrade itself begins.
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This means there's one less thing to learn and think about during the actual upgrade.
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It also means we can start using TypeScript features in our AngularJS code.
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Since TypeScript is a superset of ECMAScript 2015, which in turn is a superset
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of ECMAScript 5, "switching" to TypeScript doesn't necessarily require anything
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more than installing the TypeScript compiler and switching renaming files from
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`*.js` to `*.ts`. But just doing that is not hugely useful or exciting, of course.
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Additional steps like the following can give us much more bang for the buck:
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* For applications that use a module loader, TypeScript imports and exports
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(which are really ECMAScript 2015 imports and exports) can be used to organize
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code into modules.
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* Type annotations can be gradually added to existing functions and variables
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to pin down their types and get benefits like build-time error checking,
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great autocompletion support and inline documentation.
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* JavaScript features new to ES2015, like arrow functions, `let`s and `const`s,
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default function parameters, and destructuring assignments can also be gradually
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added to make the code more expressive.
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* Services and controllers can be turned into *classes*. That way they'll be a step
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closer to becoming Angular service and component classes, which will make our
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life easier once we do the upgrade.
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### Using Component Directives
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In Angular, components are the main primitive from which user interfaces
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are built. We define the different parts of our UIs as components, and then
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compose the UI by using components in our templates.
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You can also do this in AngularJS, using *component directives*. These are
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directives that define their own templates, controllers, and input/output bindings -
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the same things that Angular components define. Applications built with
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component directives are much easier to migrate to Angular than applications
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built with lower-level features like `ng-controller`, `ng-include`, and scope
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inheritance.
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To be Angular compatible, an AngularJS component directive should configure
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these attributes:
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* `restrict: 'E'`. Components are usually used as elements.
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* `scope: {}` - an isolate scope. In Angular, components are always isolated
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from their surroundings, and we should do this in AngularJS too.
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* `bindToController: {}`. Component inputs and outputs should be bound
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to the controller instead of using the `$scope`.
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* `controller` and `controllerAs`. Components have their own controllers.
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* `template` or `templateUrl`. Components have their own templates.
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Component directives may also use the following attributes:
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* `transclude: true`, if the component needs to transclude content from elsewhere.
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* `require`, if the component needs to communicate with some parent component's
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controller.
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Component directives **may not** use the following attributes:
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* `compile`. This will not be supported in Angular.
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* `replace: true`. Angular never replaces a component element with the
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component template. This attribute is also deprecated in AngularJS.
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* `priority` and `terminal`. While AngularJS components may use these,
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they are not used in Angular and it is better not to write code
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that relies on them.
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An AngularJS component directive that is fully aligned with the Angular
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architecture may look something like this:
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{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/hero-detail.directive.ts'}
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AngularJS 1.5 introduces the [component API](https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/type/angular.Module)
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that makes it easier to define directives like these. It is a good idea to use
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this API for component directives for several reasons:
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* It requires less boilerplate code.
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* It enforces the use of component best practices like `controllerAs`.
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* It has good default values for directive attributes like `scope` and `restrict`.
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The component directive example from above looks like this when expressed
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using the component API:
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{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/upgrade-io/hero-detail.component.ts'}
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Controller lifecycle hook methods `$onInit()`, `$onDestroy()`, and `$onChanges()`
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are another convenient feature that AngularJS 1.5 introduces. They all have nearly
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exact [equivalents in Angular](lifecycle-hooks.html), so organizing component lifecycle
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logic around them will ease the eventual Angular upgrade process.
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## Upgrading with The Upgrade Module
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The `upgrade` module in Angular is a very useful tool for upgrading
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anything but the smallest of applications. With it we can mix and match
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AngularJS and Angular components in the same application and have them interoperate
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seamlessly. That means we don't have to do the upgrade work all at once,
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since there's a natural coexistence between the two frameworks during the
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transition period.
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### How The Upgrade Module Works
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The primary tool provided by the upgrade module is called the `UpgradeModule`.
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This is a service that can bootstrap and manage hybrid applications that support
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both Angular and AngularJS code.
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When we use `UpgradeModule`, what we're really doing is *running both versions
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of Angular at the same time*. All Angular code is running in the Angular
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framework, and AngularJS code in the AngularJS framework. Both of these are the
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actual, fully featured versions of the frameworks. There is no emulation going on,
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so we can expect to have all the features and natural behavior of both frameworks.
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What happens on top of this is that components and services managed by one
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framework can interoperate with those from the other framework. This happens
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in three main areas: Dependency injection, the DOM, and change detection.
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#### Dependency Injection
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Dependency injection is front and center in both AngularJS and
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Angular, but there are some key differences between the two
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frameworks in how it actually works.
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<table>
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<tr>
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<th>
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AngularJS
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</th>
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<th>
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Angular
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</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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Dependency injection tokens are always strings
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</td>
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<td>
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Tokens [can have different types](../guide/dependency-injection.html).
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They are often classes. They may also be strings.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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There is exactly one injector. Even in multi-module applications,
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everything is poured into one big namespace.
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</td>
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<td>
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There is a [tree hierarchy of injectors](../guide/hierarchical-dependency-injection.html),
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with a root injector and an additional injector for each component.
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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Even accounting for these differences we can still have dependency injection
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interoperability. The `UpgradeModule` resolves the differences and makes
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everything work seamlessly:
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* We can make AngularJS services available for injection to Angular code
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by *upgrading* them. The same singleton instance of each service is shared
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between the frameworks. In Angular these services will always be in the
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*root injector* and available to all components.
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* We can also make Angular services available for injection to AngularJS code
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by *downgrading* them. Only services from the Angular root injector can
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be downgraded. Again, the same singleton instances are shared between the frameworks.
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When we register a downgrade, we explicitly specify a *string token* that we want to
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use in AngularJS.
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<figure class='image-display'>
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<img src="/resources/images/devguide/upgrade/injectors.png" alt="The two injectors in a hybrid application" width="700"> </img>
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</figure>
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#### Components and the DOM
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What we'll find in the DOM of a hybrid application are components and
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directives from both AngularJS and Angular. These components
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communicate with each other by using the input and output bindings
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of their respective frameworks, which the `UpgradeModule` bridges
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together. They may also communicate through shared injected dependencies,
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as described above.
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There are two key things to understand about what happens in the DOM
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of a hybrid application:
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1. Every element in the DOM is owned by exactly one of the two
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frameworks. The other framework ignores it. If an element is
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owned by AngularJS, Angular treats it as if it didn't exist,
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and vice versa.
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2. The root of the application *is always an AngularJS template*.
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So a hybrid application begins life as an AngularJS application,
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and it is AngularJS that processes its root template. Angular then steps
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into the picture when an Angular component is used somewhere in
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the application templates. That component's view will then be managed
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by Angular, and it may use any number of Angular components and
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directives.
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Beyond that, we may interleave the two frameworks as much as we need to.
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We always cross the boundary between the two frameworks by one of two
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ways:
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1. By using a component from the other framework: An AngularJS template
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using an Angular component, or an Angular template using an
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AngularJS component.
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2. By transcluding or projecting content from the other framework. The
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`UpgradeModule` bridges the related concepts of AngularJS transclusion
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and Angular content projection together.
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<img src="/resources/images/devguide/upgrade/dom.png" alt="DOM element ownership in a hybrid application" width="500"> </img>
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</figure>
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Whenever we use a component that belongs to the other framework, a
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switch between framework boundaries occurs. However, that switch only
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happens to the *children* of the component element. Consider a situation
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where we use an Angular component from AngularJS like this:
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<code-example language="html" escape="html">
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<a-component></a-component>
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</code-example>
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The DOM element `<a-component>` will remain to be an AngularJS managed
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element, because it's defined in an AngularJS template. That also
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means you can apply additional AngularJS directives to it, but *not*
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Angular directives. It is only in the template of the `<a-component>`
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where Angular steps in. This same rule also applies when you
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use AngularJS component directives from Angular.
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#### Change Detection
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Change detection in AngularJS is all about `scope.$apply()`. After every
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event that occurs, `scope.$apply()` gets called. This is done either
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automatically by the framework, or in some cases manually by our own
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code. It is the point in time when change detection occurs and data
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bindings get updated.
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In Angular things are different. While change detection still
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occurs after every event, no one needs to call `scope.$apply()` for
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that to happen. This is because all Angular code runs inside something
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called the [Angular zone](../api/core/index/NgZone-class.html). Angular always
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knows when the code finishes, so it also knows when it should kick off
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change detection. The code itself doesn't have to call `scope.$apply()`
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or anything like it.
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In the case of hybrid applications, the `UpgradeModule` bridges the
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AngularJS and Angular approaches. Here's what happens:
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* Everything that happens in the application runs inside the Angular zone.
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This is true whether the event originated in AngularJS or Angular code.
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The zone triggers Angular change detection after every event.
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* The `UpgradeModule` will invoke the AngularJS `$rootScope.$apply()` after
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every turn of the Angular zone. This also triggers AngularJS change
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detection after every event.
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<figure class='image-display'>
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<img src="/resources/images/devguide/upgrade/change_detection.png" alt="Change detection in a hybrid application" width="600"> </img>
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</figure>
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What this means in practice is that we do not need to call `$apply()` in
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our code, regardless of whether it is in AngularJS on Angular. The
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`UpgradeModule` does it for us. We *can* still call `$apply()` so there
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is no need to remove such calls from existing code. Those calls just don't
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have any effect in a hybrid application.
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When we downgrade an Angular component and then use it from AngularJS,
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the component's inputs will be watched using AngularJS change detection.
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When those inputs change, the corresponding properties in the component
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are set. We can also hook into the changes by implementing the
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[OnChanges](../api/core/index/OnChanges-class.html) interface in the component,
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just like we could if it hadn't been downgraded.
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Correspondingly, when we upgrade an AngularJS component and use it from Angular,
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all the bindings defined for the component directive's `scope` (or `bindToController`)
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will be hooked into Angular change detection. They will be treated
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as regular Angular inputs and set onto the scope (or controller) when
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they change.
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### Using UpgradeModule with Angular _NgModules_
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Both AngularJS and Angular have their own concept of modules
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to help organize an application into cohesive blocks of functionality.
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Their details are quite different in architecture and implementation.
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In AngularJS, you add Angular assets to the `angular.module` property.
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In Angular, you create one or more classes adorned with an `NgModule` decorator
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that describes Angular assets in metadata. The differences blossom from there.
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In a hybrid application we run both versions of Angular at the same time.
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That means that we need at least one module each from both AngularJS and Angular.
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We will import `UpgradeModule` inside our Angular module, and then use it for
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bootstrapping our AngularJS module. Let's see how.
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Learn more about Angular modules at the [NgModule guide](ngmodule.html).
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### Bootstrapping hybrid applications
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The first step to upgrading an application using the `UpgradeModule` is
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always to bootstrap it as a hybrid that supports both AngularJS and
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Angular, but still is an AngularJS app at top level.
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Pure AngularJS applications can be bootstrapped in two ways: By using an `ng-app`
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directive somewhere on the HTML page, or by calling
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[angular.bootstrap](https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/function/angular.bootstrap)
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from JavaScript. In Angular, only the second method is possible - there is
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no `ng-app` in Angular. This is also the case for hybrid applications.
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Therefore, it is a good preliminary step to switch AngularJS applications to use the
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JavaScript bootstrap method even before switching them to hybrid mode.
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Say we have an `ng-app` driven bootstrap such as this one:
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{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/index-ng-app.html'}
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We can remove the `ng-app` and `ng-strict-di` directives from the HTML
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and instead switch to calling `angular.bootstrap` from JavaScript, which
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will result in the same thing:
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{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/ajs-bootstrap/app.module.ts' region='bootstrap'}
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Now introduce Angular to the project. Inspired by instructions in
|
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[the Setup](setup.html), you can selectively copy in material from the
|
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<a href="https://github.com/angular/quickstart" target="_blank">QuickStart github repository</a>.
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Next, create an `app.module.ts` file and add the following `NgModule` class:
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{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/ajs-a-hybrid-bootstrap/app.module.ts' region='ngmodule'}
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This bare minimum `NgModule` imports `BrowserModule`, the module every Angular browser-based app must have.
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It also imports `UpgradeModule` from `@angular/upgrade/static`, and adds an override to prevent
|
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Angular from bootstrapping itself in the form of the `ngDoBootstrap` empty class method.
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Now we bootstrap `AppModule` using `platformBrowserDynamic`'s `bootstrapModule` method.
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Then we use dependency injection to get a hold of the `UpgradeModule` instance in `AppModule`,
|
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and use it to bootstrap our AngularJS app.
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The `upgrade.bootstrap` method takes the exact same arguments as [angular.bootstrap](https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/function/angular.bootstrap):
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{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/ajs-a-hybrid-bootstrap/app.module.ts' region='bootstrap'}
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We also need to install the `@angular/upgrade` package via `npm install @angular/upgrade --save`
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|
and add a mapping for the `@angular/upgrade/static` package:
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{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/systemjs.config.1.js' region='upgrade-static-umd'}
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Congratulations! You're running a hybrid application! The
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existing AngularJS code works as before _and_ you're ready to run Angular code.
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### Using Angular Components from AngularJS Code
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<figure>
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<img src="/resources/images/devguide/upgrade/ajs-to-a.png" alt="Using an Angular component from AngularJS code" align="left" style="width:250px; margin-left:-40px;margin-right:10px"> </img>
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</figure>
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|
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Once we're running a hybrid app, we can start the gradual process of upgrading
|
|
code. One of the more common patterns for doing that is to use an Angular component
|
|
in an AngularJS context. This could be a completely new component or one that was
|
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previously AngularJS but has been rewritten for Angular.
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Say we have a simple Angular component that shows information about a hero:
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{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/downgrade-static/hero-detail.component.ts'}
|
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|
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If we want to use this component from AngularJS, we need to *downgrade* it
|
|
using the `downgradeComponent()` method. What we get when we do that is an AngularJS
|
|
*directive*, which we can then register into our AngularJS module:
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|
|
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|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/downgrade-static/app.module.ts' region='downgradecomponent'}
|
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|
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Because `HeroDetailComponent` is an Angular component, we must also add it to the
|
|
`declarations` in the `AppModule`.
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|
|
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And because this component is being used from the AngularJS module, and is an entry point into
|
|
our Angular application, we also need to add it to the `entryComponents` for our
|
|
Angular module.
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|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/downgrade-static/app.module.ts' region='ngmodule'}
|
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|
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All Angular components, directives and pipes must be declared in an NgModule.
|
|
The net resulit is an AngularJS directive called `heroDetail`, that we can
|
|
use like any other directive in our AngularJS templates.
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{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/index-downgrade-static.html' region='usecomponent'}
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~~~ {.alert.is-helpful}
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|
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Note that this AngularJS is an element directive (`restrict: 'E'`) called `heroDetail`.
|
|
An AngularJS element directive is matched based on its _name_.
|
|
*The `selector` metadata of the downgraded Angular component is ignored.*
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~~~
|
|
|
|
Most components are not quite this simple, of course. Many of them
|
|
have *inputs and outputs* that connect them to the outside world. An
|
|
Angular hero detail component with inputs and outputs might look
|
|
like this:
|
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|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/downgrade-io/hero-detail.component.ts'}
|
|
|
|
These inputs and outputs can be supplied from the AngularJS template, and the
|
|
`downgradeComponent()` method takes care of bridging them over via the `inputs`
|
|
and `outputs` arrays:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/downgrade-io/app.module.ts' region='downgradecomponent'}
|
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|
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{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/index-downgrade-io.html' region='usecomponent'}
|
|
|
|
Note that even though we are in an AngularJS template, **we're using Angular
|
|
attribute syntax to bind the inputs and outputs**. This is a requirement for downgraded
|
|
components. The expressions themselves are still regular AngularJS expressions.
|
|
|
|
|
|
~~~ {.callout.is-important}
|
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|
|
<header>
|
|
Use kebab-case for downgraded component attributes
|
|
</header>
|
|
|
|
There's one notable exception to the rule of using Angular attribute syntax
|
|
for downgraded components. It has to do with input or output names that consist
|
|
of multiple words. In Angular we would bind these attributes using camelCase:
|
|
<code-example format="">
|
|
[myHero]="hero"
|
|
</code-example>
|
|
|
|
But when using them from AngularJS templates, we need to use kebab-case:
|
|
<code-example format="">
|
|
[my-hero]="hero"
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|
|
|
</code-example>
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|
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|
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~~~
|
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|
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The `$event` variable can be used in outputs to gain access to the
|
|
object that was emitted. In this case it will be the `Hero` object, because
|
|
that is what was passed to `this.deleted.emit()`.
|
|
|
|
Since this is an AngularJS template, we can still use other AngularJS
|
|
directives on the element, even though it has Angular binding attributes on it.
|
|
For example, we can easily make multiple copies of the component using `ng-repeat`:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/index-downgrade-io.html' region='userepeatedcomponent'}
|
|
|
|
### Using AngularJS Component Directives from Angular Code
|
|
<figure>
|
|
<img src="/resources/images/devguide/upgrade/a-to-ajs.png" alt="Using an AngularJS component from Angular code" align="left" style="width:250px; margin-left:-40px;margin-right:10px"> </img>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
|
|
So, we can write an Angular component and then use it from AngularJS
|
|
code. This is very useful when we start our migration from lower-level
|
|
components and work our way up. But in some cases it is more convenient
|
|
to do things in the opposite order: To start with higher-level components
|
|
and work our way down. This too can be done using the `UpgradeModule`.
|
|
We can *upgrade* AngularJS component directives and then use them from
|
|
Angular.
|
|
|
|
Not all kinds of AngularJS directives can be upgraded. The directive
|
|
really has to be a *component directive*, with the characteristics
|
|
[described in the preparation guide above](#using-component-directives).
|
|
Our safest bet for ensuring compatibility is using the
|
|
[component API](https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/type/angular.Module)
|
|
introduced in AngularJS 1.5.
|
|
|
|
A simple example of an upgradable component is one that just has a template
|
|
and a controller:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/upgrade-static/hero-detail.component.ts' region='hero-detail'}
|
|
|
|
We can *upgrade* this component to Angular using the `UpgradeComponent` class.
|
|
By creating a new Angular **directive** that extends `UpgradeComponent` and doing a `super` call
|
|
inside it's constructor, we have a fully upgrade AngularJS component to be used inside Angular.
|
|
All that is left is to add it to `AppModule`'s `declarations` array.
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/upgrade-static/hero-detail.component.ts' region='hero-detail-upgrade'}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/upgrade-static/app.module.ts' region='hero-detail-upgrade'}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
~~~ {.alert.is-helpful}
|
|
|
|
Upgraded components are Angular **directives**, instead of **components**, because Angular
|
|
is unaware that AngularJS will create elements under it. As far as Angular knows, the upgraded
|
|
component is just a directive - a tag - and Angular doesn't have to concern itself with
|
|
it's children.
|
|
|
|
|
|
~~~
|
|
|
|
An upgraded component may also have inputs and outputs, as defined by
|
|
the scope/controller bindings of the original AngularJS component
|
|
directive. When we use the component from an Angular template,
|
|
we provide the inputs and outputs using **Angular template syntax**,
|
|
with the following rules:
|
|
|
|
<table>
|
|
|
|
<tr>
|
|
|
|
<th>
|
|
|
|
</th>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<th>
|
|
Binding definition
|
|
</th>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<th>
|
|
Template syntax
|
|
</th>
|
|
|
|
|
|
</tr>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<tr>
|
|
|
|
<th>
|
|
Attribute binding
|
|
</th>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<td>
|
|
`myAttribute: '@myAttribute'`
|
|
</td>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<td>
|
|
`<my-component myAttribute="value">`
|
|
</td>
|
|
|
|
|
|
</tr>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<tr>
|
|
|
|
<th>
|
|
Expression binding
|
|
</th>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<td>
|
|
`myOutput: '&myOutput'`
|
|
</td>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<td>
|
|
`<my-component (myOutput)="action()">`
|
|
</td>
|
|
|
|
|
|
</tr>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<tr>
|
|
|
|
<th>
|
|
One-way binding
|
|
</th>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<td>
|
|
`myValue: '<myValue'`
|
|
</td>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<td>
|
|
`<my-component [myValue]="anExpression">`
|
|
</td>
|
|
|
|
|
|
</tr>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<tr>
|
|
|
|
<th>
|
|
Two-way binding
|
|
</th>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<td>
|
|
`myValue: '=myValue'`
|
|
</td>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<td>
|
|
As a two-way binding: `<my-component [(myValue)]="anExpression">`.
|
|
Since most AngularJS two-way bindings actually only need a one-way binding
|
|
in practice, `<my-component [myValue]="anExpression">` is often enough.
|
|
|
|
</td>
|
|
|
|
|
|
</tr>
|
|
|
|
|
|
</table>
|
|
|
|
As an example, say we have a hero detail AngularJS component directive
|
|
with one input and one output:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/upgrade-io/hero-detail.component.ts' region='hero-detail-io'}
|
|
|
|
We can upgrade this component to Angular, annotate inputs and outputs in the upgrade directive,
|
|
and then provide the input and output using Angular template syntax:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/upgrade-io/hero-detail.component.ts' region='hero-detail-io-upgrade'}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/upgrade-io/container.component.ts'}
|
|
|
|
### Projecting AngularJS Content into Angular Components
|
|
<figure>
|
|
<img src="/resources/images/devguide/upgrade/ajs-to-a-with-projection.png" alt="Projecting AngularJS content into Angular" align="left" style="width:250px; margin-left:-40px;margin-right:10px"> </img>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
|
|
When we are using a downgraded Angular component from an AngularJS
|
|
template, the need may arise to *transclude* some content into it. This
|
|
is also possible. While there is no such thing as transclusion in Angular,
|
|
there is a very similar concept called *content projection*. The `UpgradeModule`
|
|
is able to make these two features interoperate.
|
|
|
|
Angular components that support content projection make use of an `<ng-content>`
|
|
tag within them. Here's an example of such a component:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/ajs-to-a-projection/hero-detail.component.ts'}
|
|
|
|
When using the component from AngularJS, we can supply contents for it. Just
|
|
like they would be transcluded in AngularJS, they get projected to the location
|
|
of the `<ng-content>` tag in Angular:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/index-ajs-to-a-projection.html' region='usecomponent'}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
~~~ {.alert.is-helpful}
|
|
|
|
When AngularJS content gets projected inside an Angular component, it still
|
|
remains in "AngularJS land" and is managed by the AngularJS framework.
|
|
|
|
|
|
~~~
|
|
|
|
### Transcluding Angular Content into AngularJS Component Directives
|
|
<figure>
|
|
<img src="/resources/images/devguide/upgrade/a-to-ajs-with-transclusion.png" alt="Projecting Angular content into AngularJS" align="left" style="width:250px; margin-left:-40px;margin-right:10px"> </img>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
|
|
Just like we can project AngularJS content into Angular components,
|
|
we can *transclude* Angular content into AngularJS components, whenever
|
|
we are using upgraded versions from them.
|
|
|
|
When an AngularJS component directive supports transclusion, it may use
|
|
the `ng-transclude` directive in its template to mark the transclusion
|
|
point:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/a-to-ajs-transclusion/hero-detail.component.ts'}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
~~~ {.alert.is-helpful}
|
|
|
|
The directive also needs to have the `transclude: true` option enabled.
|
|
It is on by default for component directives defined with the
|
|
1.5 component API.
|
|
|
|
|
|
~~~
|
|
|
|
If we upgrade this component and use it from Angular, we can populate
|
|
the component tag with contents that will then get transcluded:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/a-to-ajs-transclusion/container.component.ts'}
|
|
|
|
### Making AngularJS Dependencies Injectable to Angular
|
|
|
|
When running a hybrid app, we may bump into situations where we need to have
|
|
some AngularJS dependencies to be injected to Angular code. This may be
|
|
because we have some business logic still in AngularJS services, or because
|
|
we need some of AngularJS's built-in services like `$location` or `$timeout`.
|
|
|
|
In these situations, it is possible to *upgrade* an AngularJS provider to
|
|
Angular. This makes it possible to then inject it somewhere in Angular
|
|
code. For example, we might have a service called `HeroesService` in AngularJS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/ajs-to-a-providers/heroes.service.ts'}
|
|
|
|
We can upgrade the service using a Angular [Factory provider](./dependency-injection.html#factory-providers)
|
|
that requests the service from the AngularJS `$injector`.
|
|
|
|
We recommend declaring the Factory Provider in a separate `ajs-upgraded-providers.ts` file
|
|
so that they are all together, making it easier to reference them, create new ones and
|
|
delete them once the upgrade is over.
|
|
|
|
It's also recommended to export the `heroesServiceFactory` function so that Ahead-of-Time
|
|
compilation can pick it up.
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/ajs-to-a-providers/ajs-upgraded-providers.ts'}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/ajs-to-a-providers/app.module.ts' region='register'}
|
|
|
|
We can then inject it in Angular using it's class as a type annotation:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/ajs-to-a-providers/hero-detail.component.ts'}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
~~~ {.alert.is-helpful}
|
|
|
|
In this example we upgraded a service class, which has the added benefit that
|
|
we can use a TypeScript type annotation when we inject it. While it doesn't
|
|
affect how the dependency is handled, it enables the benefits of static type
|
|
checking. This is not required though, and any AngularJS service, factory, or
|
|
provider can be upgraded.
|
|
|
|
|
|
~~~
|
|
|
|
### Making Angular Dependencies Injectable to AngularJS
|
|
|
|
In addition to upgrading AngularJS dependencies, we can also *downgrade*
|
|
Angular dependencies, so that we can use them from AngularJS. This can be
|
|
useful when we start migrating services to Angular or creating new services
|
|
in Angular while we still have components written in AngularJS.
|
|
|
|
For example, we might have an Angular service called `Heroes`:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/a-to-ajs-providers/heroes.ts'}
|
|
|
|
Again, as with Angular components, register the provider with the `NgModule` by adding it to the module's `providers` list.
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/a-to-ajs-providers/app.module.ts' region='ngmodule'}
|
|
|
|
Now wrap the Angular `Heroes` in an *AngularJS factory function* using `downgradeInjectable()`.
|
|
and plug the factory into an AngularJS module.
|
|
The name of the AngularJS dependency is up to you:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/a-to-ajs-providers/app.module.ts' region='register'}
|
|
|
|
After this, the service is injectable anywhere in our AngularJS code:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/a-to-ajs-providers/hero-detail.component.ts'}
|
|
|
|
## Using Ahead-of-time compilation with hybrid apps
|
|
|
|
We can take advantage of Ahead-of-time (AoT) compilation on hybrid apps just like on any other
|
|
Angular application.
|
|
The setup for an hybrid app is mostly the same as described in
|
|
[the Ahead-of-time Compilation chapter](../cookbook/aot-compiler.html)
|
|
save for differences in `index.html` and `main-aot.ts`
|
|
|
|
Our `index.html` will likely have script tags loading AngularJS files, so the `index.html` we
|
|
use for AoT must also load those files.
|
|
An easy way to copy them is by adding each to the `copy-dist-files.js` file.
|
|
|
|
We also need to use `UpgradeModule` to bootstrap a hybrid app after bootstrapping the
|
|
Module Factory:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/main-aot.ts'}
|
|
|
|
And that's all we need to get the full benefit of AoT for Angular apps!
|
|
|
|
|
|
~~~ {.alert.is-helpful}
|
|
|
|
The AoT metadata collector will not detect lifecycle hook methods on a parent class' prototype,
|
|
so in order for upgraded components to work we needs to implement the lifecycle hooks
|
|
on the upgraded component class and forward them to the `UpgradeComponent` parent.
|
|
|
|
|
|
~~~
|
|
|
|
## Dividing routes between Angular and AngularJS
|
|
|
|
Another important part of upgrading is upgrading routes.
|
|
We could upgrade our whole app while still using the AngularJS router and then
|
|
migrate all the routes in one fell swoop.
|
|
But it would be much better to migrate routes one by one as they become upgraded.
|
|
|
|
The first step to have a dual router setup is to add an Angular root component containing
|
|
one outlet for each router.
|
|
AngularJS will use `ng-view`, and Angular will use `router-outlet`.
|
|
When one is using it's router, the other outlet will be empty.
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/divide-routes/app.component.ts'}
|
|
|
|
We want to use this component in the body of our `index.html` instead of an AngularJS component:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/index-divide-routes.html' region='body'}
|
|
|
|
Next we declare both AngularJS and Angular routes as normal:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/divide-routes/app.module.ts' region='ajs-route'}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/divide-routes/hero.module.ts' region='a-route'}
|
|
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In our `app.module.ts` we need to add `AppComponent` to the declarations and boostrap array.
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Next we configure the router itself.
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We want to use [hash navigation](./router.html#-hashlocationstrategy-) in Angular
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because that's what we're also using in AngularJS.
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Lastly, and most importantly, we want to use a custom `UrlHandlingStrategy` that will tell
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the Angular router which routes it should render - and only those.
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{@example 'upgrade-module/ts/src/app/divide-routes/app.module.ts' region='router-config'}
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That's it! Now we're running both routers at the same time.
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## PhoneCat Upgrade Tutorial
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In this section and we will look at a complete example of
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preparing and upgrading an application using the `upgrade` module. The app
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we're going to work on is [Angular PhoneCat](https://github.com/angular/angular-phonecat)
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from [the original AngularJS tutorial](https://docs.angularjs.org/tutorial),
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which is where many of us began our Angular adventures. Now we'll see how to
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bring that application to the brave new world of Angular.
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During the process we'll learn how to apply the steps outlined in the
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[preparation guide](#preparation) in practice: We'll align the application
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with Angular and also take TypeScript into use.
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To follow along with the tutorial, clone the
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[angular-phonecat](https://github.com/angular/angular-phonecat) repository
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and apply the steps as we go.
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In terms of project structure, this is where our work begins:
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<aio-filetree>
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<aio-folder>
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angular-phonecat
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<aio-file>
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bower.json
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</aio-file>
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<aio-file>
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karma.conf.js
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</aio-file>
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<aio-file>
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package.json
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</aio-file>
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<aio-folder>
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app
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<aio-folder>
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core
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<aio-folder>
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checkmark
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<aio-file>
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checkmark.filter.js
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</aio-file>
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<aio-file>
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checkmark.filter.spec.js
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</aio-file>
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</aio-folder>
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<aio-folder>
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phone
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<aio-file>
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phone.module.js
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</aio-file>
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<aio-file>
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phone.service.js
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</aio-file>
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<aio-file>
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phone.service.spec.js
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</aio-file>
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</aio-folder>
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<aio-file>
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core.module.js
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</aio-file>
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</aio-folder>
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<aio-folder>
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phone-detail
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<aio-file>
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phone-detail.component.js
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</aio-file>
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<aio-file>
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phone-detail.component.spec.js
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</aio-file>
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<aio-file>
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phone-detail.module.js
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</aio-file>
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<aio-file>
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phone-detail.template.html
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</aio-file>
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</aio-folder>
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<aio-folder>
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phone-list
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<aio-file>
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phone-list.component.js
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</aio-file>
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<aio-file>
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phone-list.component.spec.js
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</aio-file>
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<aio-file>
|
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phone-list.module.js
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</aio-file>
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<aio-file>
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phone-list.template.html
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</aio-file>
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</aio-folder>
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<aio-folder>
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img
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<aio-file>
|
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...
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</aio-file>
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</aio-folder>
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<aio-folder>
|
|
phones
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<aio-file>
|
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...
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</aio-file>
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</aio-folder>
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<aio-file>
|
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app.animations.js
|
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</aio-file>
|
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<aio-file>
|
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app.config.js
|
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</aio-file>
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<aio-file>
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app.css
|
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</aio-file>
|
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<aio-file>
|
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app.module.js
|
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</aio-file>
|
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<aio-file>
|
|
index.html
|
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</aio-file>
|
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</aio-folder>
|
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<aio-folder>
|
|
e2e-tests
|
|
<aio-file>
|
|
protractor-conf.js
|
|
</aio-file>
|
|
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|
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<aio-file>
|
|
scenarios.js
|
|
</aio-file>
|
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</aio-folder>
|
|
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</aio-folder>
|
|
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|
|
</aio-filetree>
|
|
|
|
This is actually a pretty good starting point. The code uses the AngularJS 1.5
|
|
component API and the organization follows the
|
|
[AngularJS Style Guide](https://github.com/johnpapa/angular-styleguide/blob/master/a1/README.md),
|
|
which is an important [preparation step](#following-the-angular-style-guide) before
|
|
a successful upgrade.
|
|
|
|
* Each component, service, and filter is in its own source file, as per the
|
|
[Rule of 1](https://github.com/johnpapa/angular-styleguide/blob/master/a1/README.md#single-responsibility).
|
|
* The `core`, `phone-detail`, and `phone-list` modules are each in their
|
|
own subdirectory. Those subdirectories contain the JavaScript code as well as
|
|
the HTML templates that go with each particular feature. This is in line with the
|
|
[Folders-by-Feature Structure](https://github.com/johnpapa/angular-styleguide/blob/master/a1/README.md#style-y152)
|
|
and [Modularity](https://github.com/johnpapa/angular-styleguide/blob/master/a1/README.md#modularity)
|
|
rules.
|
|
* Unit tests are located side-by-side with application code where they are easily
|
|
found, as described in the rules for
|
|
[Organizing Tests](https://github.com/johnpapa/angular-styleguide/blob/master/a1/README.md#style-y197).
|
|
### Switching to TypeScript
|
|
|
|
Since we're going to be writing our Angular code in TypeScript, it makes sense to
|
|
bring in the TypeScript compiler even before we begin upgrading.
|
|
|
|
We will also start to gradually phase out the Bower package manager in favor
|
|
of NPM. We'll install all new dependencies using NPM, and will eventually be
|
|
able to remove Bower from the project.
|
|
|
|
Let's begin by installing TypeScript to the project.
|
|
|
|
<code-example format="">
|
|
npm i typescript --save-dev
|
|
|
|
</code-example>
|
|
|
|
Let's also add run scripts for the `tsc` TypeScript compiler to `package.json`:
|
|
We can now install type definitions for the existing libraries that
|
|
we're using but that don't come with prepackaged types: AngularJS and the
|
|
Jasmine unit test framework.
|
|
|
|
<code-example format="">
|
|
npm install @types/jasmine @types/angular @types/angular-animate @types/angular-cookies @types/angular-mocks @types/angular-resource @types/angular-route @types/angular-sanitize --save-dev
|
|
|
|
</code-example>
|
|
|
|
We should also configure the TypeScript compiler so that it can understand our
|
|
project. We'll add a `tsconfig.json` file to the project directory, just like we do
|
|
in the documentation [setup](setup.html). It instructs the TypeScript compiler how
|
|
to interpret our source files.
|
|
We are telling the TypeScript compiler to turn our TypeScript files to ES5 code
|
|
bundled into CommonJS modules.
|
|
|
|
We can now launch the TypeScript compiler from the command line. It will watch
|
|
our `.ts` source files and compile them to JavaScript on the fly. Those compiled
|
|
`.js` files are then loaded into the browser by SystemJS. This is a process we'll
|
|
want to have continuously running in the background as we go along.
|
|
|
|
<code-example format="">
|
|
npm run tsc:w
|
|
|
|
</code-example>
|
|
|
|
The next thing we'll do is convert our JavaScript files to TypeScript. Since
|
|
TypeScript is a superset of ECMAScript 2015, which in turn is a superset
|
|
of ECMAScript 5, we can simply switch the file extensions from `.js` to `.ts`
|
|
and everything will work just like it did before. As the TypeScript compiler
|
|
runs, it emits the corresponding `.js` file for every `.ts` file and the
|
|
compiled JavaScript is what actually gets executed. If you start
|
|
the project HTTP server with `npm start`, you should see the fully functional
|
|
application in your browser.
|
|
|
|
Now that we have TypeScript though, we can start benefiting from some of its
|
|
features. There's a lot of value the language can provide to AngularJS applications.
|
|
|
|
For one thing, TypeScript is a superset of ES2015. Any app that has previously
|
|
been written in ES5 - like the PhoneCat example has - can with TypeScript
|
|
start incorporating all of the JavaScript features that are new to ES2015.
|
|
These include things like `let`s and `const`s, arrow functions, default function
|
|
parameters, and destructuring assignments.
|
|
|
|
Another thing we can do is start adding *type safety* to our code. This has
|
|
actually partially already happened because of the AngularJS typings we installed.
|
|
TypeScript are checking that we are calling AngularJS APIs correctly when we do
|
|
things like register components to Angular modules.
|
|
|
|
But we can also start adding *type annotations* for our own code to get even more
|
|
out of TypeScript's type system. For instance, we can annotate the checkmark
|
|
filter so that it explicitly expects booleans as arguments. This makes it clearer
|
|
what the filter is supposed to do.
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-1-typescript/ts/app/core/checkmark/checkmark.filter.ts'}
|
|
|
|
In the `Phone` service we can explicitly annotate the `$resource` service dependency
|
|
as an `angular.resource.IResourceService` - a type defined by the AngularJS typings.
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-1-typescript/ts/app/core/phone/phone.service.ts'}
|
|
|
|
We can apply the same trick to the application's route configuration file in `app.config.ts`,
|
|
where we are using the location and route services. By annotating them accordingly TypeScript
|
|
can verify we're calling their APIs with the correct kinds of arguments.
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-1-typescript/ts/app/app.config.ts'}
|
|
|
|
|
|
The [AngularJS 1.x type definitions](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@types/angular)
|
|
we installed are not officially maintained by the Angular team,
|
|
but are quite comprehensive. It is possible to make an AngularJS 1.x application
|
|
fully type-annotated with the help of these definitions.
|
|
|
|
If this is something we wanted to do, it would be a good idea to enable
|
|
the `noImplicitAny` configuration option in `tsconfig.json`. This would
|
|
cause the TypeScript compiler to display a warning when there's any code that
|
|
does not yet have type annotations. We could use it as a guide to inform
|
|
us about how close we are to having a fully annotated project.
|
|
Another TypeScript feature we can make use of is *classes*. In particular, we
|
|
can turn our component controllers into classes. That way they'll be a step
|
|
closer to becoming Angular component classes, which will make our life
|
|
easier once we do the upgrade.
|
|
|
|
AngularJS expects controllers to be constructor functions. That's exactly what
|
|
ES2015/TypeScript classes are under the hood, so that means we can just plug in a
|
|
class as a component controller and AngularJS will happily use it.
|
|
|
|
Here's what our new class for the phone list component controller looks like:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-1-typescript/ts/app/phone-list/phone-list.component.ts'}
|
|
|
|
What was previously done in the controller function is now done in the class
|
|
constructor function. The dependency injection annotations are attached
|
|
to the class using a static property `$inject`. At runtime this becomes the
|
|
`PhoneListController.$inject` property.
|
|
|
|
The class additionally declares three members: The array of phones, the name of
|
|
the current sort key, and the search query. These are all things we have already
|
|
been attaching to the controller but that weren't explicitly declared anywhere.
|
|
The last one of these isn't actually used in the TypeScript code since it's only
|
|
referred to in the template, but for the sake of clarity we want to define all the
|
|
members our controller will have.
|
|
|
|
In the Phone detail controller we'll have two members: One for the phone
|
|
that the user is looking at and another for the URL of the currently displayed image:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-1-typescript/ts/app/phone-detail/phone-detail.component.ts'}
|
|
|
|
This makes our controller code look a lot more like Angular already. We're
|
|
all set to actually introduce Angular into the project.
|
|
|
|
If we had any AngularJS services in the project, those would also be
|
|
a good candidate for converting to classes, since like controllers,
|
|
they're also constructor functions. But we only have the `Phone` factory
|
|
in this project, and that's a bit special since it's an `ngResource`
|
|
factory. So we won't be doing anything to it in the preparation stage.
|
|
We'll instead turn it directly into an Angular service.
|
|
|
|
### Installing Angular
|
|
|
|
Having completed our preparation work, let's get going with the Angular
|
|
upgrade of PhoneCat. We'll do this incrementally with the help of the
|
|
[upgrade module](#upgrading-with-the-upgrade-module) that comes with Angular.
|
|
By the time we're done, we'll be able to remove AngularJS from the project
|
|
completely, but the key is to do this piece by piece without breaking the application.
|
|
|
|
|
|
~~~ {.alert.is-important}
|
|
|
|
The project also contains some animations, which we are not yet upgrading in this version of the guide. This will change in a later release.
|
|
|
|
~~~
|
|
|
|
Let's install Angular into the project, along with the SystemJS module loader.
|
|
Take a look at the results of the [Setup](setup.html) instructions
|
|
and get the following configurations from there:
|
|
|
|
* Add Angular and the other new dependencies to `package.json`
|
|
* The SystemJS configuration file `systemjs.config.js` to the project root directory.
|
|
|
|
Once these are done, run:
|
|
|
|
<code-example format="">
|
|
npm install
|
|
|
|
</code-example>
|
|
|
|
We can soon load Angular dependencies into the application via `index.html`,
|
|
but first we need to do some directory path adjustments. This is because we're going
|
|
to need to load files from `node_modules` and the project root, whereas so far
|
|
in this project everything has been loaded from the `/app` directory.
|
|
|
|
Move the `app/index.html` file to the project root directory. Then change the
|
|
development server root path in `package.json` to also point to the project root
|
|
instead of `app`:
|
|
Now we're able to serve everything from the project root to the web browser. But we do *not*
|
|
want to have to change all the image and data paths used in the application code to match
|
|
our development setup. For that reason, we'll add a `<base>` tag to `index.html`, which will
|
|
cause relative URLs to be resolved back to the `/app` directory:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/index.html' region='base'}
|
|
|
|
Now we can load Angular via SystemJS. We'll add the Angular polyfills and the
|
|
SystemJS config to the end of the `<head>` section, and then we'll use `System.import`
|
|
to load the actual application:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/index.html' region='angular'}
|
|
|
|
We also need to make a couple of adjustments
|
|
to the `systemjs.config.js` file installed during [setup](setup.html).
|
|
|
|
We want to point the browser to the project root when loading things through SystemJS,
|
|
instead of using the `<base>` URL.
|
|
|
|
We also need to install the `upgrade` package via `npm install @angular/upgrade --save`
|
|
and add a mapping for the `@angular/upgrade/static` package.
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/systemjs.config.1.js' region='paths'}
|
|
|
|
### Creating the _AppModule_
|
|
|
|
Now create the root `NgModule` class called `AppModule`.
|
|
There is already a file named `app.module.ts` that holds the AngularJS module.
|
|
Rename it to `app.module.ajs.ts` and update the corresponding script name in the `index.html` as well.
|
|
The file contents remain:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/app.module.ajs.ts'}
|
|
|
|
Now create a new `app.module.ts` with the minimum `NgModule` class:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/app.module.ts' region='bare'}
|
|
|
|
### Bootstrapping a hybrid PhoneCat
|
|
|
|
What we'll do next is bootstrap the application as a *hybrid application*
|
|
that supports both AngularJS and Angular components. Once we've done that
|
|
we can start converting the individual pieces to Angular.
|
|
|
|
To [bootstrap a hybrid application](#bootstrapping-hybrid-applications),
|
|
we first need to import `UpgradeModule` in our `AppModule`, and override it's bootstrap method:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/app.module.ts' region='upgrademodule'}
|
|
|
|
Our application is currently bootstrapped using the AngularJS `ng-app` directive
|
|
attached to the `<html>` element of the host page. This will no longer work with
|
|
Angular. We should switch to a JavaScript-driven bootstrap instead.
|
|
|
|
So, remove the `ng-app` attribute from `index.html`, and instead bootstrap via `src/main.ts`.
|
|
This file has been configured as the application entrypoint in `systemjs.config.js`,
|
|
so it is already being loaded by the browser.
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/main.ts' region='bootstrap'}
|
|
|
|
The arguments used here are the root element of the application (which is
|
|
the same element we had `ng-app` on earlier), and the AngularJS 1.x modules
|
|
that we want to load. Since we're bootstrapping the app through
|
|
an `UpgradeModule`, we're actually now running the app as a **hybrid app**.
|
|
|
|
This means we are now running both AngularJS and Angular at the same time. That's pretty
|
|
exciting! We're not running any actual Angular components yet though,
|
|
so let's do that next.
|
|
|
|
#### Why declare _angular_ as _angular.IAngularStatic_?
|
|
|
|
`@types/angular` is declared as a UMD module, and due to the way
|
|
<a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/What's-new-in-TypeScript#support-for-umd-module-definitions" target="_blank">UMD typings</a>
|
|
work, once you have an ES6 `import` statement in a file all UMD typed modules must also be
|
|
imported via `import` statements instead of being globally available.
|
|
|
|
AngularJS is currently loaded by a script tag in `index.html`, which means that the whole app
|
|
has access to it as a global and uses the same instance of the `angular` variable.
|
|
If we used `import * as angular from 'angular'` instead we would also need to overhaul how we
|
|
load every file in our AngularJS app to use ES6 modules in order to ensure AngularJS was being
|
|
loaded correctly.
|
|
|
|
This is a considerable effort and it often isn't worth it, especially since we are in the
|
|
process of moving our our to Angular already.
|
|
Instead we declare `angular` as `angular.IAngularStatic` to indicate it is a global variable
|
|
and still have full typing support.
|
|
### Upgrading the Phone service
|
|
|
|
The first piece we'll port over to Angular is the `Phone` service, which
|
|
resides in `app/core/phone/phone.service.ts` and makes it possible for components
|
|
to load phone information from the server. Right now it's implemented with
|
|
ngResource and we're using it for two things:
|
|
|
|
* For loading the list of all phones into the phone list component
|
|
* For loading the details of a single phone into the phone detail component.
|
|
|
|
We can replace this implementation with an Angular service class, while
|
|
keeping our controllers in AngularJS land.
|
|
|
|
In the new version, we import the Angular HTTP module and call its `Http` service instead of `ngResource`.
|
|
|
|
Re-open the `app.module.ts` file, import and add `HttpModule` to the `imports` array of the `AppModule`:
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{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/app.module.ts' region='httpmodule'}
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Now we're ready to upgrade the Phone service itself. We replace the ngResource-based
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service in `phone.service.ts` with a TypeScript class decorated as `@Injectable`:
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{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/core/phone/phone.service.ts' region='classdef'}
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The `@Injectable` decorator will attach some dependency injection metadata
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to the class, letting Angular know about its dependencies. As described
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by our [Dependency Injection Guide](./dependency-injection.html),
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this is a marker decorator we need to use for classes that have no other
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Angular decorators but still need to have their dependencies injected.
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In its constructor the class expects to get the `Http` service. It will
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be injected to it and it is stored as a private field. The service is then
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used in the two instance methods, one of which loads the list of all phones,
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and the other the details of a particular phone:
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{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/core/phone/phone.service.ts' region='fullclass'}
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The methods now return Observables of type `PhoneData` and `PhoneData[]`. This is
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a type we don't have yet, so let's add a simple interface for it:
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{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/core/phone/phone.service.ts' region='phonedata-interface'}
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`@angular/upgrade/static` has a `downgradeInjectable` method for the purpose of making
|
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Angular services available to AngularJS code. Use it to plug in the `Phone` service:
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{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/core/phone/phone.service.ts' region='downgrade-injectable'}
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Here's the full, final code for the service:
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{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/core/phone/phone.service.ts'}
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Notice that we're importing the `map` operator of the RxJS `Observable` separately.
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We need to do this for all RxJS operators that we want to use, since Angular
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does not load all of them by default.
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The new `Phone` service has the same features as the original, `ngResource`-based service.
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Because it's an Angular service, we register it with the `NgModule` providers:
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{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/app.module.ts' region='phone'}
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Now that we are loading `phone.service.ts` through an import that is resolved
|
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by SystemJS, we should **remove the <script> tag** for the service from `index.html`.
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This is something we'll do to all our components as we upgrade them. Simultaneously
|
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with the AngularJS to Angular upgrade we're also migrating our code from scripts to modules.
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At this point we can switch our two components to use the new service
|
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instead of the old one. We `$inject` it as the downgraded `phone` factory,
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but it's really an instance of the `Phone` class and we can annotate its type
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accordingly:
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{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/phone-list/phone-list.component.ajs.ts'}
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{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/phone-detail/phone-detail.component.ajs.ts'}
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What we have here are two AngularJS components using an Angular service!
|
|
The components don't need to be aware of this, though the fact that the
|
|
service returns Observables and not Promises is a bit of a giveaway.
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In any case, what we've achieved is a migration of a service to Angular
|
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without having to yet migrate the components that use it.
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~~~ {.alert.is-helpful}
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We could also use the `toPromise` method of `Observable` to turn those
|
|
Observables into Promises in the service. This can in many cases further
|
|
reduce the amount of changes needed in the component controllers.
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~~~
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|
### Upgrading Components
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|
Next, let's upgrade our AngularJS components to Angular components. We'll
|
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do it one at a time, while still keeping the application in hybrid mode.
|
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As we make these conversions, we'll also be defining our first Angular *pipes*.
|
|
|
|
Let's look at the phone list component first. Right now it contains a TypeScript
|
|
controller class and a component definition object. We can morph this into
|
|
an Angular component by just renaming the controller class and turning the
|
|
AngularJS component definition object into an Angular `@Component` decorator.
|
|
We can then also remove the static `$inject` property from the class:
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|
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|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/phone-list/phone-list.component.ts' region='initialclass'}
|
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|
|
The `selector` attribute is a CSS selector that defines where on the page the component
|
|
should go. In AngularJS we do matching based on component names, but in Angular we
|
|
have these explicit selectors. This one will match elements with the name `phone-list`,
|
|
just like the AngularJS version did.
|
|
|
|
We now also need to convert the template of this component into Angular syntax.
|
|
The search controls replace the AngularJS `$ctrl` expressions
|
|
with Angular's two-way `[(ngModel)]` binding syntax:
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|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/phone-list/phone-list.template.html' region='controls'}
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|
|
Replace the list's `ng-repeat` with an `*ngFor` as
|
|
[described in the Template Syntax page](../guide/template-syntax.html#directives).
|
|
Replace the image tag's `ng-src` with a binding to the native `src` property.
|
|
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|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/phone-list/phone-list.template.html' region='list'}
|
|
|
|
#### No Angular _filter_ or _orderBy_ filters
|
|
The built-in AngularJS `filter` and `orderBy` filters do not exist in Angular,
|
|
so we need to do the filtering and sorting ourselves.
|
|
|
|
We replaced the `filter` and `orderBy` filters with bindings to the `getPhones()` controller method,
|
|
which implements the filtering and ordering logic inside the component itself.
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/phone-list/phone-list.component.ts' region='getphones'}
|
|
|
|
Now we need to downgrade our Angular component so we can use it in AngularJS.
|
|
Instead of registering a component, we register a `phoneList` *directive*,
|
|
a downgraded version of the Angular component.
|
|
|
|
The `as angular.IDirectiveFactory` cast tells the TypeScript compiler
|
|
that the return value of the `downgradeComponent` method is a directive factory.
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/phone-list/phone-list.component.ts' region='downgrade-component'}
|
|
|
|
The new `PhoneListComponent` uses the Angular `ngModel` directive, located in the `FormsModule`.
|
|
Add the `FormsModule` to `NgModule` imports, declare the new `PhoneListComponent` and
|
|
finally add it to `entryComponents` since we downgraded it:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/app.module.ts' region='phonelist'}
|
|
|
|
Remove the <script> tag for the phone list component from `index.html`.
|
|
|
|
Now set the remaining `phone-detail.component.ts` as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/phone-detail/phone-detail.component.ts'}
|
|
|
|
This is similar to the phone list component.
|
|
The new wrinkle is the `RouteParams` type annotation that identifies the `routeParams` dependency.
|
|
|
|
The AngularJS injector has an AngularJS router dependency called `$routeParams`.
|
|
which was injected into `PhoneDetails` when it was still an AngularJS controller.
|
|
We intend to inject it into the new `PhoneDetailsComponent`.
|
|
|
|
Unfortunately, AngularJS dependencies are not automatically available to Angular components.
|
|
We must use a [Factory provider](#making-angularjs-dependencies-injectable-to-angular)
|
|
to make `$routeParams` an Angular provider.
|
|
Do that in a new file called `ajs-upgraded-providers.ts` and import it in `app.module.ts`:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/ajs-upgraded-providers.ts'}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/app.module.ts' region='routeparams'}
|
|
|
|
Convert the phone detail component template into Angular syntax as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/phone-detail/phone-detail.template.html'}
|
|
|
|
There are several notable changes here:
|
|
|
|
* We've removed the `$ctrl.` prefix from all expressions.
|
|
* Just like we did in the phone list, we've replaced `ng-src` with property
|
|
bindings for the standard `src` property.
|
|
* We're using the property binding syntax around `ng-class`. Though Angular
|
|
does have [a very similar `ngClass`](../guide/template-syntax.html#directives)
|
|
as AngularJS does, its value is not magically evaluated as an expression.
|
|
In Angular we always specify in the template when an attribute's value is
|
|
a property expression, as opposed to a literal string.
|
|
* We've replaced `ng-repeat`s with `*ngFor`s.
|
|
* We've replaced `ng-click` with an event binding for the standard `click`.
|
|
* We've wrapped the whole template in an `ngIf` that causes it only to be
|
|
rendered when there is a phone present. We need this because when the component
|
|
first loads, we don't have `phone` yet and the expressions will refer to a
|
|
non-existing value. Unlike in AngularJS, Angular expressions do not fail silently
|
|
when we try to refer to properties on undefined objects. We need to be explicit
|
|
about cases where this is expected.
|
|
|
|
Add `PhoneDetailComponent` component to the `NgModule` _declarations_ and _entryComponents_:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/app.module.ts' region='phonedetail'}
|
|
|
|
We should now also remove the phone detail component <script> tag from `index.html`.
|
|
|
|
#### Add the _CheckmarkPipe_
|
|
|
|
The AngularJS directive had a `checkmark` _filter_.
|
|
Let's turn that into an Angular **pipe**.
|
|
|
|
There is no upgrade method to convert filters into pipes.
|
|
You won't miss it.
|
|
It's easy to turn the filter function into an equivalent Pipe class.
|
|
The implementation is the same as before, repackaged in the `transform` method.
|
|
Rename the file to `checkmark.pipe.ts` to conform with Angular conventions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/core/checkmark/checkmark.pipe.ts'}
|
|
|
|
Now import and declare the newly created pipe and
|
|
remove the filter <script> tag from `index.html`:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/app.module.ts' region='checkmarkpipe'}
|
|
|
|
## AoT compile the hybrid app
|
|
|
|
To use AoT with our hybrid app we have to first set it up like any other Angular application,
|
|
as shown in [the Ahead-of-time Compilation chapter](../cookbook/aot-compiler.html).
|
|
|
|
Then we have to change `main-aot.ts` bootstrap also bootstrap the AngularJS app
|
|
via `UpgradeModule`:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/main-aot.ts'}
|
|
|
|
We need to load all the AngularJS files we already use in `index.html` in `aot/index.html`
|
|
as well:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/aot/index.html'}
|
|
|
|
These files need to be copied together with the polyfills. Files our application
|
|
needs at runtime, like the `.json` phone lists and images, also need to be copied.
|
|
|
|
Install `fs-extra` via `npm install fs-extra --save-dev` for better file copying, and change
|
|
`copy-dist-files.js` to the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/copy-dist-files.js'}
|
|
|
|
And that's all you need to use AoT while upgrading your app!
|
|
### Adding The Angular Router And Bootstrap
|
|
|
|
At this point we've replaced all AngularJS application components with
|
|
their Angular counterparts, even though we're still serving them from the AngularJS router.
|
|
|
|
Most AngularJS apps have more than a couple of routes though, and it's very helpful to migrate
|
|
one route at a time.
|
|
|
|
Let's start by migrating the initial `/` and `/phones` routes to Angular,
|
|
while keeping `/phones/:phoneId` in the AngularJS router.
|
|
|
|
#### Add the Angular router
|
|
|
|
Angular has an [all-new router](router.html).
|
|
|
|
Like all routers, it needs a place in the UI to display routed views.
|
|
For Angular that's the `<router-outlet>` and it belongs in a *root component*
|
|
at the top of the applications component tree.
|
|
|
|
We don't yet have such a root component, because the app is still managed as an AngularJS app.
|
|
Create a new `app.component.ts` file with the following `AppComponent` class:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-3-router/ts/app/app.component.ts'}
|
|
|
|
It has a simple template that only includes the `<router-outlet>` for Angular routes
|
|
and `ng-view` for AngularJS routes.
|
|
This component just renders the contents of the active route and nothing else.
|
|
|
|
The selector tells Angular to plug this root component into the `<phonecat-app>`
|
|
element on the host web page when the application launches.
|
|
|
|
Add this `<phonecat-app>` element to the `index.html`.
|
|
It replaces the old AngularJS `ng-view` directive:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-3-router/ts/index.html' region='appcomponent'}
|
|
|
|
#### Create the _Routing Module_
|
|
A router needs configuration whether it's the AngularJS or Angular or any other router.
|
|
|
|
The details of Angular router configuration are best left to the [Routing documentation](router.html)
|
|
which recommends that you create a `NgModule` dedicated to router configuration
|
|
(called a _Routing Module_).
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-3-router/ts/app/app-routing.module.ts'}
|
|
|
|
This module defines a `routes` object with one route to the phone list component
|
|
and a default route for the empty path.
|
|
It passes the `routes` to the `RouterModule.forRoot` method which does the rest.
|
|
|
|
A couple of extra providers enable routing with "hash" URLs such as `#!/phones`
|
|
instead of the default "push state" strategy.
|
|
|
|
There's a twist to our Routing Module though: we're also adding a custom `UrlHandlingStrategy`
|
|
that tells the Angular router to only process the `/` and `/phones` routes.
|
|
|
|
Now update the `AppModule` to import this `AppRoutingModule` and also the
|
|
declare the root `AppComponent` as the bootstrap component.
|
|
That tells Angular that it should bootstrap the app with the _root_ `AppComponent` and
|
|
insert it's view into the host web page.
|
|
|
|
We can also remove the `ngDoBootstrap()` override from `app.module.ts` since we are now
|
|
bootstrapping from Angular.
|
|
|
|
And since `PhoneListComponent` isn't being rendered from a `<phone-list>` tag anymore,
|
|
but rather routed to, we can do away with it's Angular selector as well.
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-3-router/ts/app/app.module.ts'}
|
|
|
|
Now we need to tell the AngularJS router to only process the `/phones/:phoneId` route:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-3-router/ts/app/app.config.ts' region='ajs-routes'}
|
|
|
|
#### Generate links for each phone
|
|
|
|
We no longer have to hardcode the links to phone details in the phone list.
|
|
We can generate data bindings for each phone's `id` to the `routerLink` directive
|
|
and let that directive construct the appropriate URL to the `PhoneDetailComponent`:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-3-router/ts/app/phone-list/phone-list.template.html' region='list'}
|
|
|
|
|
|
See the [Routing](router.html) page for details.
|
|
We are now running both routers at the same time!
|
|
Angular is handling the initial `/` url, redirecting to `/phones`.
|
|
Meanwhile when we click a link to the phone detail, AngularJS takes over.
|
|
|
|
This way we can incrementally upgrade our app, reducing the risk of a massive one step router
|
|
swap.
|
|
|
|
The next step is to migrate the `/phones/:phoneId` route.
|
|
The Angular router passes route parameters differently.
|
|
Correct the `PhoneDetail` component constructor to expect an injected `ActivatedRoute` object.
|
|
Extract the `phoneId` from the `ActivatedRoute.snapshot.params` and fetch the phone data as before:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-4-final/ts/app/phone-detail/phone-detail.component.ts'}
|
|
|
|
Since this was the last route we want to migrate over, we can also now delete the last
|
|
route config from `app/app.config.ts`, and add it to the Angular router configuration.
|
|
|
|
We don't need our `UrlHandlingStrategy` anymore either, since now Angular is processing all
|
|
routes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-4-final/ts/app/app-routing.module.ts'}
|
|
|
|
You are now running a pure Angular application!
|
|
|
|
### Say Goodbye to AngularJS
|
|
|
|
It is time to take off the training wheels and let our application begin
|
|
its new life as a pure, shiny Angular app. The remaining tasks all have to
|
|
do with removing code - which of course is every programmer's favorite task!
|
|
|
|
The application is still bootstrapped as a hybrid app.
|
|
There's no need for that anymore.
|
|
|
|
Switch the bootstrap method of the application from the `UpgradeAdapter`
|
|
to the Angular way.
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-4-final/ts/app/main.ts'}
|
|
|
|
If you haven't already, remove all references to the `UpgradeModule` from `app.module.ts`,
|
|
as well as any [Factory provider](#making-angularjs-dependencies-injectable-to-angular)
|
|
for AngularJS services, and the `app/ajs-upgraded-providers.ts` file.
|
|
|
|
Also remove any `downgradeInjectable()` or `downgradeComponent()` you find,
|
|
together with the associated AngularJS factory or directive declarations.
|
|
Since we have no downgraded components anymore, we also don't need to have them listed
|
|
in `entryComponents` either.
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-4-final/ts/app/app.module.ts'}
|
|
|
|
You may also completely remove the following files. They are AngularJS
|
|
module configuration files and not needed in Angular:
|
|
|
|
* `app/app.module.ajs.ts`
|
|
* `app/app.config.ts`
|
|
* `app/core/core.module.ts`
|
|
* `app/core/phone/phone.module.ts`
|
|
* `app/phone-detail/phone-detail.module.ts`
|
|
* `app/phone-list/phone-list.module.ts`
|
|
|
|
The external typings for AngularJS may be uninstalled as well. The only ones
|
|
we still need are for Jasmine and Angular polyfills.
|
|
The `@angular/upgrade` package and it's mapping in `systemjs.config.js` can also go.
|
|
|
|
<code-example format="">
|
|
npm uninstall @angular/upgrade --save
|
|
npm uninstall @types/angular @types/angular-animate @types/angular-cookies @types/angular-mocks @types/angular-resource @types/angular-route @types/angular-sanitize --save-dev
|
|
|
|
</code-example>
|
|
|
|
Finally, from `index.html`, remove all references to
|
|
AngularJS scripts, the Angular upgrade module, and jQuery. When we're done,
|
|
this is what it should look like:
|
|
|
|
|
|
{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-4-final/ts/index.html' region='full'}
|
|
|
|
That is the last we'll see of AngularJS! It has served us well but now
|
|
it's time to say goodbye.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
## Appendix: Upgrading PhoneCat Tests
|
|
|
|
Tests can not only be retained through an upgrade process, but they can also be
|
|
used as a valuable safety measure when ensuring that the application does not
|
|
break during the upgrade. E2E tests are especially useful for this purpose.
|
|
|
|
### E2E Tests
|
|
|
|
The PhoneCat project has both E2E Protractor tests and some Karma unit tests in it.
|
|
Of these two, E2E tests can be dealt with much more easily: By definition,
|
|
E2E tests access our application from the *outside* by interacting with
|
|
the various UI elements the app puts on the screen. E2E tests aren't really that
|
|
concerned with the internal structure of the application components. That
|
|
also means that although we modify our project quite a bit during the upgrade, the E2E
|
|
test suite should keep passing with just minor modifications. This is because
|
|
we don't change how the application behaves from the user's point of view.
|
|
|
|
During TypeScript conversion, there is nothing we have to do to keep E2E tests
|
|
working. It is only when we change our bootstrap to that of a Hybrid app that we need to
|
|
make some changes.
|
|
|
|
The following change is needed in `protractor-conf.js` to sync with hybrid apps:
|
|
<code-example format="">
|
|
ng12Hybrid: true
|
|
|
|
</code-example>
|
|
|
|
The next set of changes is when we start to upgrade components and their template to Angular.
|
|
This is because the E2E tests have matchers that are specific to AngularJS.
|
|
For PhoneCat we need to make the following changes in order to make things work with Angular:
|
|
|
|
<table>
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|
|
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<tr>
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|
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<th>
|
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Previous code
|
|
</th>
|
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|
<th>
|
|
New code
|
|
</th>
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<th>
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Notes
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</th>
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</tr>
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<td>
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`by.repeater('phone in $ctrl.phones').column('phone.name')`
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</td>
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`by.css('.phones .name')`
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</td>
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The repeater matcher relies on AngularJS `ng-repeat`
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</td>
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</tr>
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`by.repeater('phone in $ctrl.phones')`
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</td>
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`by.css('.phones li')`
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</td>
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The repeater matcher relies on AngularJS `ng-repeat`
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`by.model('$ctrl.query')`
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</td>
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`by.css('input')`
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</td>
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The model matcher relies on AngularJS `ng-model`
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</td>
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`by.model('$ctrl.orderProp')`
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`by.css('select')`
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</td>
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The model matcher relies on AngularJS `ng-model`
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</td>
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<tr>
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<td>
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`by.binding('$ctrl.phone.name')`
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</td>
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`by.css('h1')`
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</td>
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<td>
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The binding matcher relies on AngularJS data binding
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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When the bootstrap method is switched from that of `UpgradeModule` to
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pure Angular, AngularJS ceases to exist on the page completely.
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At this point we need to tell Protractor that it should not be looking for
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an AngularJS app anymore, but instead it should find *Angular apps* from
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the page.
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Replace the `ng12Hybrid` previously added with the following in `protractor-conf.js`:
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<code-example format="">
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useAllAngular2AppRoots: true,
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</code-example>
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Also, there are a couple of Protractor API calls in the PhoneCat test code that
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are using the AngularJS `$location` service under the hood. As that
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service is no longer there after the upgrade, we need to replace those calls with ones
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that use WebDriver's generic URL APIs instead. The first of these is
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the redirection spec:
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{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-4-final/e2e-spec.ts' region='redirect'}
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And the second is the phone links spec:
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{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-4-final/e2e-spec.ts' region='links'}
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### Unit Tests
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For unit tests, on the other hand, more conversion work is needed. Effectively
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they need to be *upgraded* along with the production code.
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During TypeScript conversion no changes are strictly necessary. But it may be
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a good idea to convert the unit test code into TypeScript as well, as the same
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benefits we from TypeScript in production code also applies to tests.
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For instance, in the phone detail component spec we can use not only ES2015
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features like arrow functions and block-scoped variables, but also type
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definitions for some of the AngularJS services we're consuming:
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{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-1-typescript/ts/app/phone-detail/phone-detail.component.spec.ts'}
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Once we start the upgrade process and bring in SystemJS, configuration changes
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are needed for Karma. We need to let SystemJS load all the new Angular code,
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which can be done with the following kind of shim file:
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{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/karma-test-shim.1.js'}
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The shim first loads the SystemJS configuration, then Angular's test support libraries,
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and then the application's spec files themselves.
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Karma configuration should then be changed so that it uses the application root dir
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as the base directory, instead of `app`.
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{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/karma.conf.ajs.js' region='basepath'}
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Once this is done, we can load SystemJS and other dependencies, and also switch the configuration
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for loading application files so that they are *not* included to the page by Karma. We'll let
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the shim and SystemJS load them.
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{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/karma.conf.ajs.js' region='files'}
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Since the HTML templates of Angular components will be loaded as well, we need to help
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Karma out a bit so that it can route them to the right paths:
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{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/karma.conf.ajs.js' region='html'}
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The unit test files themselves also need to be switched to Angular when their production
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counterparts are switched. The specs for the checkmark pipe are probably the most straightforward,
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as the pipe has no dependencies:
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{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/core/checkmark/checkmark.pipe.spec.ts'}
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The unit test for the phone service is a bit more involved. We need to switch from the mocked-out
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AngularJS `$httpBackend` to a mocked-out Angular Http backend.
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{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/core/phone/phone.service.spec.ts'}
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For the component specs we can mock out the `Phone` service itself, and have it provide
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canned phone data. We use Angular's component unit testing APIs for both components.
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{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/phone-detail/phone-detail.component.spec.ts'}
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{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-2-hybrid/ts/app/phone-list/phone-list.component.spec.ts'}
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Finally, we need to revisit both of the component tests when we switch to the Angular
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router. For the details component we need to provide a mock of Angular `ActivatedRoute` object
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instead of using the AngularJS `$routeParams`.
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{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-4-final/ts/app/phone-detail/phone-detail.component.spec.ts' region='activatedroute'}
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And for the phone list component we need to set up a few things for the router itself so that
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the route link directive will work.
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{@example 'upgrade-phonecat-4-final/ts/app/phone-list/phone-list.component.spec.ts' region='routestuff'}
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