Web Components

Angular Content Projection: Complete Guide to ng-content and Slots

February 06, 2025

Content projection is one of Angular's most powerful features for building flexible, reusable components. Instead of hardcoding content inside components, you can create "slots" where parent components inject their own content. This tutorial covers everything from basic single-slot projection to advanced multi-slot patterns and fallback content. You'll learn how to build components that adapt to different use cases without duplicating code.

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Angular Component Selectors: Complete Guide to Element, Attribute, and Class Selectors

January 30, 2025

Choosing the wrong component selector in Angular creates maintenance issues, breaks encapsulation, and limits component flexibility. Angular supports three selector types—element, attribute, and class—each with different use cases and trade-offs. This tutorial demonstrates all component selector options in Angular, helping you choose the right selector for your component based on reusability, styling needs, and integration requirements.

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Angular :host and :host-context: Style Component Host Elements

January 23, 2025

Styling Angular components can be tricky, especially with encapsulated styles. But :host and :host-context let you target a component’s root element and adapt styles based on its context—without global CSS hacks. In this guide, you'll learn how to apply, modify, and control styles using these selectors, making your components smarter and more flexible. Let’s dive in!

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Angular ::ng-deep Alternatives Part 2: CSS Custom Properties and View Encapsulation

January 16, 2025

Replacing ::ng-deep requires understanding CSS Custom Properties, View Encapsulation modes, and component architecture patterns. This follow-up tutorial addresses common misconceptions about avoiding ::ng-deep and provides specific, production-ready examples using CSS Custom Properties and View Encapsulation settings. You'll learn why ::ng-deep is discouraged by the Angular team and practical alternatives that maintain component boundaries while allowing necessary style customization.