Pro Angular: Build Powerful and Dynamic Web Apps

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21. Using the Forms API, Part 1

Adam Freeman¹  

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London, UK

 

In this chapter, I describe the Angular forms API, which provides an alternative to the template-based approach to forms introduced in Chapter 12. The forms API is a more complicated way of creating forms, but it allows fine-grained control over how forms behave, how they respond to user interaction, and how they are validated. Table 21-1 puts the forms API in context.

Table 21-1

Putting the Forms API in Context

Question	Answer
What is it?	The forms API allows for the creation of reactive forms, which are managed using the code in a component ...