[Eg-newdevs] Proposal: new angular components should be standalone

[Jane Sandberg]

+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 at equinoxoli.org)
escribió:

> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM Jane Sandberg via Eg-newdevs <
> eg-newdevs at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
> > 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-components-pros-and-cons
>
> Regards,
>
> Galen
> --
> Galen Charlton
> Implementation and IT Manager
> Equinox Open Library Initiative
> gmc at equinoxOLI.org
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