@angular/core

What is @angular/core?

The @angular/core package is a fundamental part of Angular, a popular front-end web application platform. It provides the critical runtime parts of the Angular framework, including the component decorator, directives, dependency injection, and the core Angular APIs necessary for building dynamic single-page web applications.

What are @angular/core's main functionalities?

Components

Components are the building blocks of Angular applications. They control a patch of screen called a view. The @Component decorator indicates that the class immediately below it is a component and provides metadata about the component.

"@Component({ selector: 'app-root', templateUrl: './app.component.html', styleUrls: ['./app.component.css'] }) export class AppComponent { title = 'My Angular App'; }"

Dependency Injection

Dependency Injection (DI) is a design pattern used in Angular to make components or classes dependent on interfaces rather than concrete implementations. This improves modularity and testability.

"constructor(private myService: MyService) {}"

Directives

Directives are classes that add additional behavior to elements in your Angular applications. With Angular's built-in directives, you can manage forms, lists, styles, and what users see.

"@Directive({ selector: '[appHighlight]' }) export class HighlightDirective { constructor(el: ElementRef) { el.nativeElement.style.backgroundColor = 'yellow'; } }"

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README

Angular

The sources for this package are in the main Angular repo. Please file issues and pull requests against that repo.

Usage information and reference details can be found in Angular documentation.

License: MIT

Changelog

19.2.5 (2025-04-02)

| Commit | Type | Description | | -- | -- | -- | | e61d06afb5 | fix | step 6 tutorial docs (#60630) |

animations

| Commit | Type | Description | | -- | -- | -- | | fa48f98d9f | fix | add missing peer dependency on @angular/common (#60660) |

compiler

| Commit | Type | Description | | -- | -- | -- | | ca5aa4d55b | fix | throw for invalid "as" expression in if block (#60580) |

compiler-cli

| Commit | Type | Description | | -- | -- | -- | | f4c4b10ea8 | fix | Produce fatal diagnostic on duplicate decorated properties (#60376) | | 22a0e54ac4 | fix | support relative imports to symbols outside rootDir (#60555) |

core

| Commit | Type | Description | | -- | -- | -- | | 64da69f7b6 | fix | check ngDevMode for undefined (#60565) | | 8f68d1bec3 | fix | fix ng generate @angular/core:output-migration (#60626) | | bc79985c65 | fix | fix regexp for event types (#60592) | | 006ac7f22f | fix | fixes #592882 ng generate @angular/core:signal-queries-migration (#60688) | | da6e93f434 | fix | preserve comments in internal inject migration (#60588) | | dbbddd1617 | fix | prevent omission of deferred pipes in full compilation (#60571) |

language-service

| Commit | Type | Description | | -- | -- | -- | | 0e9e0348dd | fix | Update adapter to log instead of throw errors (#60651) |

migrations

| Commit | Type | Description | | -- | -- | -- | | 15f53f035b | fix | handle shorthand assignments in super call (#60602) | | 4b161e6234 | fix | inject migration not handling super parameter referenced via this (#60602) |

router

| Commit | Type | Description | | -- | -- | -- | | 958e98e4f7 | fix | Add missing types to transition (#60307) |

service-worker

| Commit | Type | Description | | -- | -- | -- | | 7cd89ad2c6 | fix | assign initializing client's app version, when a request is for worker script (#58131) |

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