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AngularArchitects.io | @ManfredSteyer Successful with Signals: 3 Rules for Your Architecture

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Agenda • Austrian Desserts • Computed • Effects • RxJS Interop • Stores

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Result • 3 Rules (of thumb) • 3 Hints

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About me… Manfred Steyer, ANGULARarchitects.io (Remote) Angular Workshops and Consulting Google Developer Expert for Angular Blog, Books, Articles, and Talks about Angular Manfred Steyer

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Austrian Desserts: Example App

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Simple Reactivity with Signals Signal 4711 Consumer read set notify 4712

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Fine-Grained Change Detection Signal

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Component With Signals flights = signal([]); const flights = await this.flightService.findAsPromise(from, to); this.flights.set(flights);

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Demo

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Computed

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Demo Branch: 02a-input-signals

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Architecture Rule #1 Synchronously derive state where possible

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Effects

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Angular‘s Effect implementation: Mainly for rendering!

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Demo Branch: 04c-effects

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Architecture Rule #2 Avoid effects propagating state and Signal writes

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How can my app react on changing State?

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Effects are Problematic Here! Event (click, data, etc.) Signal { … } Logic

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Why Effects are Problematic Here? Glitch-free property: Events might get lost Auto-Tracking Cycles and change cascades Effect: End of the „reactive chain“

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Overlapping Req. & Race Conditions Pancakes Sacher Cake Ice Cream Pancakes

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Alternative Use event behind signal change Event (click, data, etc.) Signal { … } Logic

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Alternative Use event behind signal change Use RxJS toObservable, toSignal, …

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Alternative Use event behind signal change Use RxJS Use reactive helpers

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Alternative Use event behind signal change Use RxJS Use reactive helpers rxMethod (SignalStore), ngxtension, Angular itself will get some

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Demo Branch: 08b-details

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Stores

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Stores Streamline Reactive Flow Component Store Trigger Signal sync/ async computed() computed() Currently: Main Use Case for Signals

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Demo Branch: 07-state-service-starter

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Architecture Rule #3 Stores make your reactive flow more manageable

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Free eBook (6th Edition) angularArchitects.io/ebook

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More: Angular Architecture Workshop • Maintainable Architectures with Modern Angular • Strategic Design with Nx & Sheriff • Micro Frontends with Module Federation • Signals and Your Architecture: CD & Zone-less, NGRX & Signal Store, RxJS-Interop German Version: angulararchitects.io/workshop-de English Version: angulararchitects.io/workshop-en

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Conclusion Architecture Rule #1 Synchronously derive state where possible Architecture Rule #2 Avoid effects propagating state and signal writes Architecture Rule #3 Stores make your reactive flow more manageable Component Store

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AngularArchitects.io Slides & Examples ManfredSteyer