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There are many conceptual and syntactical differences between Angular 1 and Angular 2.
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This page provides a quick guide to some common Angular 1
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syntax and its equivalent in Angular 2.
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**See the Angular 2 syntax in this <live-example name="cb-a1-a2-quick-reference"></live-example>**.
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## Contents
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This page covers:
* [Template basics](#template-basics) - binding and local variables.
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* [Template directives](#template-directives) - built-in directives `ngIf` and `ngClass`.
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* [Filters/pipes](#filters-pipes) - built-in *filters*, known as *pipes* in Angular 2.
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* [Modules/controllers/components](#controllers-components) - *modules* in Angular 2 are slightly different from *modules* in Angular 1, and *controllers* are *components* in Angular 2.
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* [Style sheets](#style-sheets) - more options for CSS than in Angular 1.
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## Template basics
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Templates are the user-facing part of an Angular application and are written in HTML.
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The following table lists some of the key Angular 1 template features with their equivalent Angular 2 template syntax.
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- var top="vertical-align:top"
table(width="100%")
col(width="50%")
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col(width="50%")
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tr
th Angular 1
th Angular 2
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td
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### Bindings/interpolation
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code-example.
Your favorite hero is: {{vm.favoriteHero}}
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In Angular 1, an expression in curly braces denotes one-way binding.
This binds the value of the element to a property in the controller
associated with this template.
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When using the `controller as` syntax,
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the binding is prefixed with the controller alias (`vm` or `$ctrl`) because you
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have to be specific about the source of the binding.
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### Bindings/interpolation
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+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/movie-list.component.html', 'interpolation')(format="." )
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In Angular 2, a template expression in curly braces still denotes one-way binding.
This binds the value of the element to a property of the component.
The context of the binding is implied and is always the
associated component, so it needs no reference variable.
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For more information, see the [Interpolation](../guide/template-syntax.html#interpolation) section of the Template Syntax page.
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### Filters
code-example.
<td>{{movie.title | uppercase}}</td>
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To filter output in Angular 1 templates, use the pipe character (|) and one or more filters.
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This example filters the `title` property to uppercase.
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### Pipes
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/app.component.html', 'uppercase')(format="." )
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In Angular 2 you use similar syntax with the pipe (|) character to filter output, but now you call them **pipes**.
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Many (but not all) of the built-in filters from Angular 1 are
built-in pipes in Angular 2.
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For more information, see the heading [Filters/pipes](#filters-pipes) below.
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### Local variables
code-example(format="").
<tr ng-repeat="movie in vm.movies">
<td>{{movie.title}}</td>
</tr>
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Here, `movie` is a user-defined local variable.
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### Input variables
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+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/app.component.html', 'local')(format="." )
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Angular 2 has true template input variables that are explicitly defined using the `let` keyword.
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For more information, see the [ngFor micro-syntax](../guide/template-syntax.html#ngForMicrosyntax) section of the Template Syntax page.
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[Back to top](#top)
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## Template directives
Angular 1 provides more than seventy built-in directives for templates.
Many of them aren't needed in Angular 2 because of its more capable and expressive binding system.
The following are some of the key Angular 1 built-in directives and their equivalents in Angular 2.
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table(width="100%")
col(width="50%")
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col(width="50%")
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tr
th Angular 1
th Angular 2
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### ng-app
code-example.
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<body ng-app="movieHunter">
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The application startup process is called **bootstrapping**.
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Although you can bootstrap an Angular 1 app in code,
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many applications bootstrap declaratively with the `ng-app` directive,
giving it the name of the application's module (`movieHunter`).
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### Bootstrapping
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+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/main.ts','','main.ts')(format="." )
<br>
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/app.module.1.ts','','app.module.ts')(format="." )
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Angular 2 doesn't have a bootstrap directive.
To launch the app in code, explicitly bootstrap the application's root module (`AppModule`)
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in `main.ts`
and the application's root component (`AppComponent`) in `app.module.ts`.
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For more information see the [Setup](../guide/setup.html) page.
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### ng-class
code-example(format="").
<div ng-class="{active: isActive}">
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<div ng-class="{active: isActive,
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shazam: isImportant}">
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In Angular 1, the `ng-class` directive includes/excludes CSS classes
based on an expression. That expression is often a key-value control object with each
key of the object defined as a CSS class name, and each value defined as a template expression
that evaluates to a Boolean value.
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In the first example, the `active` class is applied to the element if `isActive` is true.
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You can specify multiple classes, as shown in the second example.
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### ngClass
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/app.component.html', 'ngClass')(format="." )
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In Angular 2, the `ngClass` directive works similarly.
It includes/excludes CSS classes based on an expression.
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In the first example, the `active` class is applied to the element if `isActive` is true.
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You can specify multiple classes, as shown in the second example.
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Angular 2 also has **class binding**, which is a good way to add or remove a single class,
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as shown in the third example.
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For more information see the [Attribute, Class, and Style Bindings](../guide/template-syntax.html#other-bindings) section of the Template Syntax page.
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### ng-click
code-example(format="").
<button ng-click="vm.toggleImage()">
<button ng-click="vm.toggleImage($event)">
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In Angular 1, the `ng-click` directive allows you to specify custom behavior when an element is clicked.
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In the first example, when the user clicks the button, the `toggleImage()` method in the controller referenced by the `vm` `controller as` alias is executed.
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The second example demonstrates passing in the `$event` object, which provides details about the event
to the controller.
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### bind to the `click` event
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/app.component.html', 'event-binding')(format="." )
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Angular 1 event-based directives do not exist in Angular 2.
Rather, define one-way binding from the template view to the component using **event binding**.
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For event binding, define the name of the target event within parenthesis and
specify a template statement, in quotes, to the right of the equals. Angular 2 then
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sets up an event handler for the target event. When the event is raised, the handler
executes the template statement.
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In the first example, when a user clicks the button, the `toggleImage()` method in the associated component is executed.
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The second example demonstrates passing in the `$event` object, which provides details about the event
to the component.
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For a list of DOM events, see: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Events.
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For more information, see the [Event Binding](../guide/template-syntax.html#event-binding) section of the Template Syntax page.
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### ng-controller
code-example(format="").
<div ng-controller="MovieListCtrl as vm">
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In Angular 1, the `ng-controller` directive attaches a controller to the view.
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Using the `ng-controller` (or defining the controller as part of the routing) ties the
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view to the controller code associated with that view.
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### Component decorator
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/movie-list.component.ts', 'component')(format="." )
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In Angular 2, the template no longer specifies its associated controller.
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Rather, the component specifies its associated template as part of the component class decorator.
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For more information, see [Architecture Overview](../guide/architecture.html#component).
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### ng-hide
In Angular 1, the `ng-hide` directive shows or hides the associated HTML element based on
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an expression. For more information, see [ng-show](#ng-show).
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### bind to the `hidden` property
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In Angular 2, you use property binding; there is no built-in *hide* directive.
For more information, see [ng-show](#ng-show).
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### ng-href
code-example(format="").
<a ng-href="angularDocsUrl">Angular Docs</a>
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The `ng-href` directive allows Angular 1 to preprocess the `href` property so that it
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can replace the binding expression with the appropriate URL before the browser
fetches from that URL.
In Angular 1, the `ng-href` is often used to activate a route as part of navigation.
code-example(format="").
<a ng-href="#movies">Movies</a>
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Routing is handled differently in Angular 2.
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### bind to the `href` property
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/app.component.html', 'href')(format="." )
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Angular 2, uses property binding; there is no built-in *href* directive.
Place the element's `href` property in square brackets and set it to a quoted template expression.
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For more information on property binding, see [Template Syntax](../guide/template-syntax.html#property-binding).
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In Angular 2, `href` is no longer used for routing. Routing uses `routerLink`, as shown in the third example.
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+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/app.component.html', 'router-link')(format="." )
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For more information on routing, see [Routing & Navigation](../guide/router.html#router-link).
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### ng-if
code-example(format="").
<table ng-if="movies.length">
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In Angular 1, the `ng-if` directive removes or recreates a portion of the DOM,
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based on an expression. If the expression is false, the element is removed from the DOM.
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In this example, the `table` element is removed from the DOM unless the `movies` array has a length greater than zero.
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### *ngIf
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/movie-list.component.html', 'ngIf')(format="." )
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The `*ngIf` directive in Angular 2 works the same as the `ng-if` directive in Angular 1. It removes or recreates a portion of the DOM based on an expression.
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In this example, the `table` element is removed from the DOM unless the `movies` array has a length.
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The (*) before `ngIf` is required in this example.
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For more information, see [Structural Directives](../guide/structural-directives.html).
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### ng-model
code-example(format="").
<input ng-model="vm.favoriteHero"/>
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In Angular 1, the `ng-model` directive binds a form control to a property in the controller associated with the template.
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This provides **two-way binding**, whereby any change made to the value in the view is synchronized with the model, and any change to the model is synchronized with the value in the view.
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### ngModel
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/movie-list.component.html', 'ngModel')(format="." )
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In Angular 2, **two-way binding** is denoted by `[()]`, descriptively referred to as a "banana in a box". This syntax is a shortcut for defining both property binding (from the component to the view)
and event binding (from the view to the component), thereby providing two-way binding.
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For more information on two-way binding with ngModel, see [Template Syntax](../guide/template-syntax.html#ngModel).
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### ng-repeat
code-example(format="").
<tr ng-repeat="movie in vm.movies">
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In Angular 1, the `ng-repeat` directive repeats the associated DOM element
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for each item in the specified collection.
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In this example, the table row (`tr`) element repeats for each movie object in the collection of movies.
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### *ngFor
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/movie-list.component.html', 'ngFor')(format="." )
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The `*ngFor` directive in Angular 2 is similar to the `ng-repeat` directive in Angular 1. It repeats the associated DOM element for each item in the specified collection.
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More accurately, it turns the defined element (`tr` in this example) and its contents into a template and
uses that template to instantiate a view for each item in the list.
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Notice the other syntax differences:
The (*) before `ngFor` is required;
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the `let` keyword identifies `movie` as an input variable;
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the list preposition is `of`, not `in`.
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For more information, see [Structural Directives](../guide/structural-directives.html).
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### ng-show
code-example(format="").
<h3 ng-show="vm.favoriteHero">
Your favorite hero is: {{vm.favoriteHero}}
</h3>
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In Angular 1, the `ng-show` directive shows or hides the associated DOM element, based on
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an expression.
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In this example, the `div` element is shown if the `favoriteHero` variable is truthy.
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### bind to the `hidden` property
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/movie-list.component.html', 'hidden')(format="." )
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Angular 2, uses property binding; there is no built-in *show* directive.
For hiding and showing elements, bind to the HTML `hidden` property.
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To conditionally display an element, place the element's `hidden` property in square brackets and
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set it to a quoted template expression that evaluates to the *opposite* of *show*.
In this example, the `div` element is hidden if the `favoriteHero` variable is not truthy.
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For more information on property binding, see [Template Syntax](../guide/template-syntax.html#property-binding).
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### ng-src
code-example(format="").
<img ng-src="{{movie.imageurl}}">
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The `ng-src` directive allows Angular 1 to preprocess the `src` property so that it
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can replace the binding expression with the appropriate URL before the browser
fetches from that URL.
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### bind to the `src` property
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/app.component.html', 'src')(format="." )
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Angular 2, uses property binding; there is no built-in *src* directive.
Place the `src` property in square brackets and set it to a quoted template expression.
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For more information on property binding, see [Template Syntax](../guide/template-syntax.html#property-binding).
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### ng-style
code-example(format="").
<div ng-style="{color: colorPreference}">
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In Angular 1, the `ng-style` directive sets a CSS style on an HTML element
based on an expression. That expression is often a key-value control object with each
key of the object defined as a CSS style name, and each value defined as an expression
that evaluates to a value appropriate for the style.
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In the example, the `color` style is set to the current value of the `colorPreference` variable.
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### ngStyle
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/app.component.html', 'ngStyle')(format="." )
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In Angular 2, the `ngStyle` directive works similarly. It sets a CSS style on an HTML element based on an expression.
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In the first example, the `color` style is set to the current value of the `colorPreference` variable.
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Angular 2 also has **style binding**, which is good way to set a single style. This is shown in the second example.
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For more information on style binding, see [Template Syntax](../guide/template-syntax.html#style-binding).
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For more information on the ngStyle directive, see [Template Syntax](../guide/template-syntax.html#ngStyle).
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### ng-switch
code-example(format="").
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<div ng-switch="vm.favoriteHero &&
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vm.checkMovieHero(vm.favoriteHero)">
<div ng-switch-when="true">
Excellent choice!
</div>
<div ng-switch-when="false">
No movie, sorry!
</div>
<div ng-switch-default>
Please enter your favorite hero.
</div>
</div>
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In Angular 1, the `ng-switch` directive swaps the contents of
an element by selecting one of the templates based on the current value of an expression.
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In this example, if `favoriteHero` is not set, the template displays "Please enter ...".
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If `favoriteHero` is set, it checks the movie hero by calling a controller method.
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If that method returns `true`, the template displays "Excellent choice!".
If that methods returns `false`, the template displays "No movie, sorry!".
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### ngSwitch
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/movie-list.component.html', 'ngSwitch')(format="." )
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In Angular 2, the `ngSwitch` directive works similarly.
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It displays an element whose `*ngSwitchCase` matches the current `ngSwitch` expression value.
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In this example, if `favoriteHero` is not set, the `ngSwitch` value is `null`
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and `*ngSwitchDefault` displays, "Please enter ...".
If `favoriteHero` is set, the app checks the movie hero by calling a component method.
If that method returns `true`, the app selects `*ngSwitchCase="true"` and displays: "Excellent choice!"
If that methods returns `false`, the app selects `*ngSwitchCase="false"` and displays: "No movie, sorry!"
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The (*) before `ngSwitchCase` and `ngSwitchDefault` is required in this example.
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For more information on the ngSwitch directive, see [Template Syntax](../guide/template-syntax.html#ngSwitch).
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## Filters/pipes
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Angular 2 **pipes** provide formatting and transformation for data in our template, similar to Angular 1 **filters**.
Many of the built-in filters in Angular 1 have corresponding pipes in Angular 2.
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For more information on pipes, see [Pipes](../guide/pipes.html).
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td
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### currency
code-example.
<td>{{movie.price | currency}}</td>
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Formats a number as a currency.
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### currency
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/app.component.html', 'currency')(format="." )
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The Angular 2 `currency` pipe is similar although some of the parameters have changed.
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td
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### date
code-example.
<td>{{movie.releaseDate | date}}</td>
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Formats a date to a string based on the requested format.
td
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### date
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/app.component.html', 'date')(format=".")
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The Angular 2 `date` pipe is similar.
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### filter
code-example.
<tr ng-repeat="movie in movieList | filter: {title:listFilter}">
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Selects a subset of items from the defined collection, based on the filter criteria.
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### none
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For performance reasons, no comparable pipe exists in Angular 2. Do all your filtering in the component. If you need the same filtering code in several templates, consider building a custom pipe.
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td
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### json
code-example.
<pre>{{movie | json}}</pre>
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Converts a JavaScript object into a JSON string. This is useful for debugging.
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### json
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/app.component.html', 'json')(format=".")
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The Angular 2 `json` pipe does the same thing.
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### limitTo
code-example.
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<tr ng-repeat="movie in movieList | limitTo:2:0">
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Selects up to the first parameter (2) number of items from the collection
starting (optionally) at the beginning index (0).
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### slice
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/app.component.html', 'slice')(format=".")
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The `SlicePipe` does the same thing but the *order of the parameters is reversed*, in keeping
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with the JavaScript `Slice` method.
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The first parameter is the starting index; the second is the limit.
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As in Angular 1, coding this operation within the component instead could improve performance.
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td
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### lowercase
code-example.
<div>{{movie.title | lowercase}}</div>
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Converts the string to lowercase.
td
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### lowercase
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/app.component.html', 'lowercase')(format=".")
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The Angular 2 `lowercase` pipe does the same thing.
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td
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### number
code-example.
<td>{{movie.starRating | number}}</td>
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Formats a number as text.
td
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### number
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/app.component.html', 'number')(format=".")
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The Angular 2 `number` pipe is similar.
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It provides more functionality when defining
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the decimal places, as shown in the second example above.
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Angular 2 also has a `percent` pipe, which formats a number as a local percentage
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as shown in the third example.
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### orderBy
code-example.
<tr ng-repeat="movie in movieList | orderBy : 'title'">
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Displays the collection in the order specified by the expression.
In this example, the movie title orders the movieList.
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### none
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For performance reasons, no comparable pipe exists in Angular 2.
Instead, use component code to order or sort results. If you need the same ordering or sorting code in several templates, consider building a custom pipe.
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a(id="controllers-components")
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## Modules/controllers/components
In both Angular 1 and Angular 2, Angular modules help you organize your application into cohesive blocks of functionality.
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In Angular 1, you write the code that provides the model and the methods for the view in a **controller**.
In Angular 2, you build a **component**.
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Because much Angular 1 code is in JavaScript, JavaScript code is shown in the Angular 1 column.
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The Angular 2 code is shown using TypeScript.
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### IIFE
code-example.
(function () {
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...
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}());
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In Angular 1, you often defined an immediately invoked function expression (or IIFE) around your controller code.
This kept your controller code out of the global namespace.
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### none
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You don't need to worry about this in Angular 2 because you use ES 2015 modules
and modules handle the namespacing for you.
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For more information on modules, see [Architecture Overview](../guide/architecture.html#module).
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### Angular modules
code-example.
angular.module("movieHunter", ["ngRoute"]);
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In Angular 1, an Angular module keeps track of controllers, services, and other code. The second argument defines the list of other modules that this module depends upon.
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td
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### Angular modules
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/app.module.1.ts')(format=".")
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Angular 2 modules, defined with the `NgModule` decorator, serve the same purpose:
- `imports`: specifies the list of other modules that this module depends upon
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- `declaration`: keeps track of your components, pipes, and directives.
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For more information on modules, see [Angular Modules](../guide/ngmodule.html).
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td
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### Controller registration
code-example.
angular
.module("movieHunter")
.controller("MovieListCtrl",
["movieService",
MovieListCtrl]);
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Angular 1, has code in each controller that looks up an appropriate Angular module
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and registers the controller with that module.
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The first argument is the controller name. The second argument defines the string names of
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all dependencies injected into this controller, and a reference to the controller function.
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### Component Decorator
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/movie-list.component.ts', 'component')(format=".")
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Angular 2, adds a decorator to the component class to provide any required metadata.
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The Component decorator declares that the class is a component and provides metadata about
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that component such as its selector (or tag) and its template.
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This is how you associate a template with code, which is defined in the component class.
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For more information, see the [Components](../guide/architecture.html#components) section of the Architecture Overview page.
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td
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### Controller function
code-example.
function MovieListCtrl(movieService) {
}
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In Angular 1, you write the code for the model and methods in a controller function.
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td
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### Component class
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/movie-list.component.ts', 'class')(format=".")
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In Angular 2, you create a component class.
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NOTE: If you are using TypeScript with Angular 1, you must use the `export` keyword to export the component class.
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For more information, see the [Components](../guide/architecture.html#components) section of the Architecture Overview page.
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td
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### Dependency injection
code-example.
MovieListCtrl.$inject = ['MovieService'];
function MovieListCtrl(movieService) {
}
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In Angular 1, you pass in any dependencies as controller function arguments.
This example injects a `MovieService`.
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To guard against minification problems, tell Angular explicitly
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that it should inject an instance of the `MovieService` in the first parameter.
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### Dependency injection
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/movie-list.component.ts', 'di')(format=".")
:marked
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In Angular 2, you pass in dependencies as arguments to the component class constructor.
This example injects a `MovieService`.
The first parameter's TypeScript type tells Angular what to inject, even after minification.
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For more information, see the [Dependency Injection](../guide/architecture.html#dependency-injection) section of the Architecture Overview.
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a(id="style-sheets")
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## Style sheets
Style sheets give your application a nice look.
In Angular 1, you specify the style sheets for your entire application.
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As the application grows over time, the styles for the many parts of the application
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merge, which can cause unexpected results.
In Angular 2, you can still define style sheets for your entire application. But now you can
also encapsulate a style sheet within a specific component.
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table(width="100%")
col(width="50%")
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col(width="50%")
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tr
th Angular 1
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### Link tag
code-example.
<link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
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Angular 1, uses a `link` tag in the head section of the `index.html` file
to define the styles for the application.
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### Link tag
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/index.html', 'style')(format=".")
:marked
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In Angular 2, you can continue to use the link tag to define the styles for your application in the `index.html` file.
But now you can also encapsulate styles for your components.
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### StyleUrls
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In Angular 2, you can use the `styles` or `styleUrls` property of the `@Component` metadata to define
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a style sheet for a particular component.
+makeExample('cb-a1-a2-quick-reference/ts/app/movie-list.component.ts', 'style-url')(format=".")
:marked
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This allows you to set appropriate styles for individual components that won’ t leak into
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other parts of the application.
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