Angular Addicts #27: NgRx 18, New RFC: DomRef API, Web storage with Signals & more
Tags: angular, typescript, ngrx, javascript
Published: 2024-07-02 10:52:55

---
title: Angular Addicts #27: NgRx 18, New RFC: DomRef API, Web storage with Signals & more
published: true
description: My favorite Angular resources of June, 2024
tags: #angular #typescript #ngrx #javascript
cover_image: https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/8brs0cdobclzgbsp27pq.png
canonical_url: https://www.angularaddicts.com/p/angular-addicts-27-ngrx-18-new-rfc-domref
# Use a ratio of 100:42 for best results.
# published_at: 2024-06-30 21:50 +0000
---


## 👋Hey fellow Angular Addict
This is the 27th issue of the Angular Addicts Newsletter, a monthly collection of carefully selected Angular resources that got my attention. (Here are the [26th](https://www.angularaddicts.com/p/angular-addicts-26-angular-18-signal-inputs), [25th](https://www.angularaddicts.com/p/angular-addicts-25-angular-and-wiz), and [24th](https://www.angularaddicts.com/p/angular-addicts-24-signals-tan-stack))
## 📢Release announcements

### 📢[NgRx 18](https://dev.to/ngrx/announcing-ngrx-18-ngrx-signals-is-almost-stable-eslint-v9-support-new-logo-and-redesign-workshops-and-more-17n2)

The latest version of NgRX was released last month. [Tim Deschryver](https://x.com/tim_deschryver)'s article covers the main points about the new NgRx version:
- Stable NgRx Signals (it's almost there)
- ESLint Plugin support for ESLint v9
- New NgRx Operators Package
- New Logo and Redesign of [ngrx.io](https://ngrx.io/)

## 💬 New RFCs

### 💬[DOM Interaction in Angular](https://github.com/angular/angular/discussions/56498)

This RFC proposes to deprecate the `ElementRef` API and replace it with a new API called `DomRef`.

## 💎Angular Gems of June, 2024

### 📰[Angular Forms new unified control state change events](https://medium.com/@davidepassafaro/angular-forms-new-unified-control-state-change-events-9e8e361c4777) 

[Angular 18](https://www.angularaddicts.com/p/whats-new-in-angular-18) introduced a new feature in its Reactive Forms library called unified control state change events. The  `AbstractControl` class (the base class for `FormControl`, `FormGroup`, and `FormArray`) now has a new `events: Observable<ControlEvent<TValue>>`  property. This property is an observable, that emits for value, status, pristine or touched changes. [Davide Passafaro](https://x.com/DavidePassafaro)' s article starts with the basics of Reactive Forms, binding them with the template, understanding validation and the disabled state. Then, he explains how to use the new `events` observable to track the form's state.

### 📰[Synchronized Web Storage with Signals](https://dev.to/this-is-angular/synchronized-web-storage-with-signals-5b05)
In this article, [Pierre Bouillon](https://dev.to/pbouillon)  shows how to make the Web Storage in the browser reactive using Angular's Signals and the [Storage Event](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/storage_event) of the [Web Storage API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Storage_API).

### 📰[Angular Object Inputs](https://nartc.me/blog/angular-object-inputs/) 
In his blog post, [Chau Tran](https://x.com/Nartc1410) explains how to provide a single input with default values for a component, when the component has many inputs with default values. 

### 📰[The hidden attribute removes the need to define `display: none`](https://cssisntmagic.substack.com/p/the-hidden-attribute-removes-the-7e7)
[Stas Melnikov](https://x.com/melnik909) is the author of the [CSS isn't magic](https://cssisntmagic.substack.com/p/the-hidden-attribute-removes-the-7e7) newsletter. In this issue, he shares a tip to simplify the CSS for elements that can be shown or hidden.

### 📰[Built text summarization application to summarize a web page with Angular](https://www.blueskyconnie.com/built-text-summarization-application-to-summarize-web-page-with-angular/)

[Connie Leung](https://x.com/connieleung404) builds a text summarization app in Angular. The app allows users to  enter text and a topic hint, and it summarizes the text into a list of bullet points. The app has a [NestJS backend](https://www.blueskyconnie.com/summarize-a-web-page-using-langchainjs-and-gemini-in-nestjs/), that communicates with Google's Gemini LLM. The full source code is available [here](https://github.com/railsstudent/fullstack-genai-text-summeration-app/tree/main)

## 👨‍💻About the author

My name is [Gergely Szerovay](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gergelyszerovay/), I worked as a data scientist and full-stack developer for many years, and I have been working as frontend tech lead, focusing on Angular based frontend development. As part of my role, I'm constantly following how Angular and the frontend development scene in general is evolving. To share my knowledge, I started the [Angular Addicts](https://angularaddicts.com/) monthly newsletter and publication in 2022, so that I can send you the best resources I come across each month. Whether you are a seasoned Angular Addict or a beginner, I got you covered. Let me know if you would like to be included as a writer. Let’s learn Angular together! [Subscribe here](https://www.angularaddicts.com/) 🔥

Angular has evolved very rapidly over the past few years, and in the past year, with the rise of generative AI, our software development workflows have also evolved rapidly. In order to closely follow the evolution of AI-assisted software development, I decided to start building AI tools in public, and publish my progress on [AIBoosted.dev](https://aiboosted.dev). Join my on this learning journey: [Subscribe here](https://aiboosted.dev) 🚀

Follow me on [Substack (Angular Addicts)](https://www.angularaddicts.com/), [Substack (AIBoosted.dev)](https://aiboosted.dev), [Medium](https://medium.com/@GergelySzerovay), [Dev.to](https://dev.to/gergelyszerovay), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/GergelySzerovay) or [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gergelyszerovay/) to learn more about Angular, and how to build AI apps with AI, Typescript, React and Angular!
## 🕹️Previous issues
If you missed the previous issues of the newsletter, you can read them [here](https://www.angularaddicts.com/t/angular-addicts-monthly), these are the latest 3 issues:

- [Angular Addicts #26: Angular 18, best practices, recent conference recordings & more](https://www.angularaddicts.com/p/angular-addicts-26-angular-18-signal-inputs)
- [Angular Addicts #25: Angular and Wiz will be merged, the differences between React and Angular & more](https://www.angularaddicts.com/p/angular-addicts-25-angular-and-wiz)
- [Angular Addicts #24: Angular 17.3, Signals and unit testing best practices, Storybook 8 & more](https://www.angularaddicts.com/p/angular-addicts-24-signals-tan-stack)

## 📨 Submit your Angular resource
Have you found or written an interesting Angular-related article, tweet or other resource lately? Please let me know here in the comments or send me a DM on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/gergelyszerovay)! I might feature it in the next Angular Addicts issue!