Angular Renaissance vs Aurelia 2 comparison

Reactivity

Declare state

Angular Renaissance

name.component.ts

import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-name",
  template: `<h1>Hello {{ name() }}</h1>`,
})
export class NameComponent {
  name = signal("John");
}

Aurelia 2

name.html

<h1>Hello ${name}</h1>

Update state

Angular Renaissance

name.component.ts

import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-name",
  template: `<h1>Hello {{ name() }}</h1>`,
})
export class NameComponent {
  name = signal("John");

  constructor() {
    this.name.set("Jane");
  }
}

Aurelia 2

name.html

<h1>Hello ${name}</h1>

Computed state

Angular Renaissance

doublecount.component.ts

import { Component, computed, signal } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-double-count",
  template: `<div>{{ doubleCount() }}</div>`,
})
export class DoubleCountComponent {
  count = signal(10);

  doubleCount = computed(() => this.count() * 2);
}

Aurelia 2

double-count.html

<div>${doubleCount}</div>

Templating

Minimal template

Angular Renaissance

helloworld.component.ts

import { Component } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-hello-world",
  template: `<h1>Hello world</h1>`,
})
export class HelloWorldComponent {}

Aurelia 2

hello-world.html

<h1>Hello world</h1>

Styling

Angular Renaissance

cssstyle.component.ts

import { Component } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-css-style",
  template: `
    <h1 class="title">I am red</h1>
    <button style="font-size: 10rem">I am a button</button>
  `,
  styles: `
    .title {
      color: red;
    }
  `,
})
export class CssStyleComponent {}

Aurelia 2

css-style.css

.title {
  color: red;
}

Loop

Angular Renaissance

colors.component.ts

import { Component } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-colors",
  template: `
    <ul>
      @for (color of colors; track color) {
      <li>{{ color }}</li>
      }
    </ul>
  `,
})
export class ColorsComponent {
  colors = ["red", "green", "blue"];
}

Aurelia 2

colors.html

<ul>
  <li repeat.for="color of colors">${color}</li>
</ul>

Event click

Angular Renaissance

counter.component.ts

import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-counter",
  template: `
    <p>Counter: {{ count() }}</p>
    <button (click)="incrementCount()">+1</button>
  `,
})
export class CounterComponent {
  count = signal(0);

  incrementCount() {
    this.count.update((count) => count + 1);
  }
}

Aurelia 2

counter.html

<p>Counter: ${count}</p>
<button click.trigger="incrementCount">+1</button>

Dom ref

Angular Renaissance

inputfocused.component.ts

import {
  afterNextRender,
  Component,
  ElementRef,
  viewChild,
} from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-input-focused",
  template: `<input type="text" #inputRef />`,
})
export class InputFocusedComponent {
  inputRef = viewChild.required<ElementRef<HTMLInputElement>>("inputRef");

  constructor() {
    afterNextRender({ write: () => this.inputRef().nativeElement.focus() });
  }
}

Aurelia 2

input-focused.html

<input ref="inputElement" />

Conditional

Angular Renaissance

trafficlight.component.ts

import { Component, computed, signal } from "@angular/core";

const TRAFFIC_LIGHTS = ["red", "orange", "green"];

@Component({
  selector: "app-traffic-light",
  template: `
    <button (click)="nextLight()">Next light</button>
    <p>Light is: {{ light() }}</p>
    <p>
      You must @switch (light()) { @case ("red") {
      <span>STOP</span>
      } @case ("orange") {
      <span>SLOW DOWN</span>
      } @case ("green") {
      <span>GO</span>
      } }
    </p>
  `,
})
export class TrafficLightComponent {
  lightIndex = signal(0);

  light = computed(() => TRAFFIC_LIGHTS[this.lightIndex()]);

  nextLight() {
    this.lightIndex.update((index) => (index + 1) % TRAFFIC_LIGHTS.length);
  }
}

Aurelia 2

traffic-light.html

<button click.trigger="nextLight()">Next light</button>
<p>Light is: ${light}</p>
<p switch.bind="light">
  You must
  <span case="red">STOP</span>
  <span case="orange">SLOW DOWN</span>
  <span case="green">GO</span>
</p>

Lifecycle

On mount

Angular Renaissance

pagetitle.component.ts

import { Component, OnInit, signal } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-page-title",
  template: `<p>Page title: {{ pageTitle() }}</p>`,
})
export class PageTitleComponent implements OnInit {
  pageTitle = signal("");

  ngOnInit() {
    this.pageTitle.set(document.title);
  }
}

Aurelia 2

page-title.html

<p>Page title is: ${pageTitle}</p>

On unmount

Angular Renaissance

time.component.ts

import { Component, OnDestroy, signal } from "@angular/core";

@Component({
  selector: "app-time",
  template: `<p>Current time: {{ time() }}</p>`,
})
export class TimeComponent implements OnDestroy {
  time = signal(new Date().toLocaleTimeString());

  timer = setInterval(
    () => this.time.set(new Date().toLocaleTimeString()),
    1000
  );

  ngOnDestroy() {
    clearInterval(this.timer);
  }
}

Aurelia 2

time.html

<p>Current time: ${time}</p>

Component composition

Props

Angular Renaissance

app.component.ts

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { UserprofileComponent } from "./userprofile.component";

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  imports: [UserprofileComponent],
  template: `
    <app-userprofile
      name="John"
      [age]="20"
      [favouriteColors]="['green', 'blue', 'red']"
      [isAvailable]="true"
    />
  `,
})
export class AppComponent {}

Aurelia 2

app.html

<user-profile
  name.bind
  age.bind
  favourite-colors.bind="colors"
  is-available.bind="available"
></user-profile>

Emit to parent

Angular Renaissance

app.component.ts

import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";
import { AnswerButtonComponent } from "./answer-button.component";

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  imports: [AnswerButtonComponent],
  template: `
    <p>Are you happy?</p>

    <app-answer-button (yes)="onAnswerYes()" (no)="onAnswerNo()" />

    <p style="font-size: 50px">{{ isHappy() ? "😀" : "😥" }}</p>
  `,
})
export class AppComponent {
  isHappy = signal(true);

  onAnswerYes() {
    this.isHappy.set(true);
  }

  onAnswerNo() {
    this.isHappy.set(false);
  }
}

Aurelia 2

app.html

<p>Can I come ?</p>
<answer-button action-handler.bind="handleAnswer"></answer-button>
<p style="font-size: 50px">${isHappy ? "😀" : "😥"}</p>

Slot

Angular Renaissance

app.component.ts

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { FunnyButtonComponent } from "./funny-button.component";

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  imports: [FunnyButtonComponent],
  template: `<app-funny-button>Click me!</app-funny-button>`,
})
export class AppComponent {}

Aurelia 2

app.html

<funny-button>Click me !</funny-button>

Slot fallback

Angular Renaissance

app.component.ts

import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { FunnyButtonComponent } from "./funny-button.component";

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  imports: [FunnyButtonComponent],
  template: `
    <app-funny-button />

    <app-funny-button>I got content!</app-funny-button>
  `,
})
export class AppComponent {}

Aurelia 2

app.html

<funny-button></funny-button> <funny-button>Click me !</funny-button>

Context

Angular Renaissance

app.component.ts

import { Component, inject } from "@angular/core";
import { UserService } from "./user.service";
import { UserProfileComponent } from "./user-profile.component";

@Component({
  imports: [UserProfileComponent],
  providers: [UserService],
  selector: "app-root",
  template: `
    <h1>Welcome back, {{ userService.user().username }}</h1>
    <app-user-profile />
  `,
})
export class AppComponent {
  protected userService = inject(UserService);
}

Aurelia 2

app.html

<h1>Welcome back, {{ user.username }}</h1>
<user-profile />

Form input

Input text

Angular Renaissance

input-hello.component.ts

import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";
import { FormsModule } from "@angular/forms";

@Component({
  imports: [FormsModule],
  selector: "app-input-hello",
  template: `
    <p>{{ text() }}</p>
    <input [(ngModel)]="text" />
  `,
})
export class InputHelloComponent {
  text = signal("");
}

Aurelia 2

input-hello.html

<p>${text}</p>
<input value.bind />

Checkbox

Angular Renaissance

is-available.component.ts

import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";
import { FormsModule } from "@angular/forms";

@Component({
  imports: [FormsModule],
  selector: "app-is-available",
  template: `
    <input id="is-available" type="checkbox" [(ngModel)]="isAvailable" />
    <label for="is-available">Is available</label>
  `,
})
export class IsAvailableComponent {
  isAvailable = signal(false);
}

Aurelia 2

is-available.html

<input id="is-available" type="checkbox" checked.bind="isAvailable" />
<label for="is-available">Is available</label>: ${isAvailable}

Radio

Angular Renaissance

pick-pill.component.ts

import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";
import { FormsModule } from "@angular/forms";

@Component({
  imports: [FormsModule],
  selector: "app-pick-pill",
  template: `
    <div>Picked: {{ picked() }}</div>

    <input id="blue-pill" type="radio" value="blue" [(ngModel)]="picked" />
    <label for="blue-pill">Blue pill</label>

    <input id="red-pill" type="radio" value="red" [(ngModel)]="picked" />
    <label for="red-pill">Red pill</label>
  `,
})
export class PickPillComponent {
  picked = signal("red");
}

Aurelia 2

pick-pill.html

<div>Picked: ${picked}</div>

<input id="blue-pill" checked.bind="picked" type="radio" value="blue" />
<label for="blue-pill">Blue pill</label>

<input id="red-pill" checked.bind="picked" type="radio" value="red" />
<label for="red-pill">Red pill</label>

Select

Angular Renaissance

color-select.component.ts

import { Component, signal } from "@angular/core";
import { FormsModule } from "@angular/forms";

@Component({
  imports: [FormsModule],
  selector: "app-color-select",
  template: `
    <select [(ngModel)]="selectedColorId">
      @for (let color of colors; track: color) {
      <option [value]="color.id" [disabled]="color.isDisabled">
        {{ color.text }}
      </option>
      }
    </select>
  `,
})
export class ColorSelectComponent {
  selectedColorId = signal(2);

  colors = [
    { id: 1, text: "red" },
    { id: 2, text: "blue" },
    { id: 3, text: "green" },
    { id: 4, text: "gray", isDisabled: true },
  ];
}

Aurelia 2

color-select.html

<select value.bind="selectedColorId">
  <option value="">Select A Color</option>
  <option
    repeat.for="color of colors"
    value.bind="color.id"
    disabled.bind="color.isDisabled"
  >
    ${color.text}
  </option>
</select>

Webapp features

Render app

Angular Renaissance

index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <body>
    <app-root></app-root>
  </body>
</html>

Aurelia 2

index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <script type="module" src="./main.ts"></script>
  </head>

  <body>
    <app></app>
  </body>
</html>

Fetch data

Angular Renaissance

user.service.ts

import { HttpClient } from "@angular/common/http";
import { inject, Injectable, signal } from "@angular/core";

export interface UsersState {
  users: User[];
  error: string | null;
  loading: boolean;
}

export const initialState: UsersState = {
  users: [],
  error: null,
  loading: false,
};

@Injectable({ providedIn: "root" })
export class UserService {
  private http = inject(HttpClient);

  #state = signal<UsersState>(initialState);
  state = this.#state.asReadonly();

  loadUsers() {
    this.#state.update((state) => ({ ...state, loading: true }));

    this.http
      .get<UserResponse>("https://randomuser.me/api/?results=3")
      .subscribe({
        next: ({ results }) =>
          this.#state.update((state) => ({ ...state, users: results })),
        error: (error) => this.#state.update((state) => ({ ...state, error })),
      });
  }
}

export interface UserResponse {
  results: User[];
  info: any;
}

export interface User {
  name: {
    title: string;
    first: string;
    last: string;
  };
  picture: {
    large: string;
    medium: string;
    thumbnail: string;
  };
}

Aurelia 2

app.html

<template promise.bind="useFetchUsers.fetchData()">
  <p pending>Fetching users...</p>
  <p catch>An error ocurred while fetching users</p>
  <ul then.from-view="users">
    <li repeat.for="user of users">
      <img src.bind="user.picture.thumbnail" alt="user" />
      <p>${ user.name.first } ${ user.name.last }</p>
    </li>
  </ul>
</template>

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