Angular 5 new features released on Nov 1, 2017. This is a major release containing new features and bugfixes. This release continues our focus on making Angular smaller, faster, and easier to use.
- Angular 5 new features
- Build Optimizer
- Angular Universal State Transfer API and DOM Support
- Compiler Improvements
- Improved Decorator Support
- Internationalized Number, Date, and Currency Pipes
- Replace the ReflectiveInjector with StaticInjector
- Zone speed improvements
- exportAs
- HttpClient replaces @angular/http library to @angular/common
- CLI v1.5 support
- Angular Forms adds updateOn Blur / Submit
- Template Driven Forms
- RxJS 5.5
- New Router Lifecycle Events
Angular 5.1 New features
This is a minor release containing several smaller features and bugfixes. Angular also releasing v1.6 of the Angular CLI, and the first stable release of Angular Material.
- Angular Material & CDK Stable Release
- Service Worker support in the CLI
- Improved Universal & AppShell Support in the CLI
- Improved decorator error messages
- TypeScript 2.5 support
Angular 5.2 New features
Angular version 5.2.0 has been released. This is a minor release that is a drop-in replacement for 5.1 containing many bugfixes.
- Improved type checking for templates
- Support for TypeScript 2.6
- Improved Router Param & Data Inheritance