Angular for Business: Awaken the Advocate Within and Become the Angular Expert at Work

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12. Best Practices for Handling Changes to Input Properties in Angular

Michael D. Callaghan¹  

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The Pros and Cons of Property Setters vs. ngOnChanges

As Angular developers, one of the challenges we often face is how to handle changes to input properties in our components. There are a few different approaches we can take, and in this chapter, we’ll take a look at the pros and cons of using property setters versus the ngOnChanges lifecycle hook. We’ll also provide some guidelines for deciding which approach is best for your project.

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