Angular 4.3 Now Available

Angular version 4.3 has been released. This is a minor release following our announced adoption of Semantic Versioning, meaning that it contains no breaking changes and that it is a drop-in replacement for 4.x.x.

What’s new?

• We are introducing HttpClient, a smaller, easier to use, and more powerful library for making HTTP Requests. Learn more about it from our docs
• New router life cycle events for Guards and Resolvers. Four new events: GuardsCheckStart, GuardsCheckEnd, ResolveStart, ResolveEnd join the existing set of life cycle event such as NavigationStart
• Conditionally disable animations via a new attribute, [@.disabled]
• Support for the emulated /deep/ CSS Selector (the Shadow-Piercing descendant combinator aka >>>) has been deprecated to match browser implementations and Chrome’s intent to remove. ::ng-deep has been added to provide a temporary workaround for developers currently using this feature.

For the complete list of features and bugfixes please see the changelog.

Angular 2.1.0 Now Available

Angular version 2.1.0 - incremental-metamorphosis - is now available. This is a minor release following our announced adoption of Semantic Versioning, meaning that it contains no breaking changes and that it should be a drop-in replacement for 2.0.x. We encourage everyone to stay up to date with the latest version of Angular.

What's new?

• The Router now supports preloading of lazy loaded modules, which gives users the best of both worlds; applications bootstrap quickly, and users don't need to wait for a round trip to the server to access lazy loaded content. Watch Victor Savkin present these capabilities at Angular Connect.
• Animation in Angular has been enhanced by adding  :enter and :leave aliases for the common void => * and * => void state changes. The transition API documentation has been updated with these aliases. 

Read the full release notes

This release is intentionally small. It matches what you should expect to see going forward. We are working hard to provide smaller more frequent releases with a smooth upgrade path.