I also agree with Galen's framing. Standalone components will definitely make the simple generic components easier to use, I think, but NgModules will still be useful for encapsulation in some important cases. Thanks, all! -- Mike Rylander Research and Development Manager Equinox Open Library Initiative 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) work: miker@equinoxOLI.org personal: mrylander@gmail.com https://equinoxOLI.org On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM Jane Sandberg via Eg-newdevs <eg-newdevs@list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:

+1 from me to Galen's formulation! Thanks for the discussion so far, Galen and Ruth!

El jue, 27 feb 2025 a la(s) 1:02 p.m., Galen Charlton (gmc@equinoxoli.org) escribió:

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Hi,

On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM Jane Sandberg via Eg-newdevs <eg-newdevs@list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:

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But my proposal is that after a certain date TBD, if you create a new component, please make it standalone.

I think this is too strong at present until we collectively get more experience with standalone components. While the standalone model does look useful - and of course, in the long run it does not pay for us to try to buck what's a very clear trend in Angular's evolution - we do have several sets of closely-linked components where keeping them bundled in an NgModule may still make sense (e.g., eg-grid). I fear that - for now - setting an absolute requirement that new components be standalone may reduce flexibility and create an implicit expectation that we _must_ perform (and pay for in various ways) what would be a large refactoring of the existing NgModule-based app.

Consequently, I would propose a different formulation in two parts:

* Writing new Angular components as standalone is both permitted and encouraged * After more time has passed and we have more experience with wrestling with the management of dependencies for standalone components, we'll reevaluate whether a stricter mandate is warranted.

By the way, I found this piece an interesting exploration of the opportunities and tradeoffs: https://borstch.com/blog/development/angulars-ngmodules-vs-standalone-compon...

Regards,

Galen -- Galen Charlton Implementation and IT Manager Equinox Open Library Initiative gmc@equinoxOLI.org https://www.equinoxOLI.org phone: 877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) direct: 770-709-5581

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