Angular 8.0 features Ivy (as opt-in feature) is lightweight, faster and easier. It supports TypeScript 3.4, making it easy to code with faster subsequent build with incremental flag. It improves application startup time on modern browsers, provides new API’s for tapping into the CLI and aligns Angular to the ecosystem and further web standards. Read further to know more such interesting changes in Angular 8!
When Angular was released by Google, it quickly made its mark in the popularity charts due to the framework’s ability to utilize the innate capability of HTML in helping developers build top-notch single page web apps.
Due to all these features, Angular already has a large number of followers, and with the addition of new features in Angular 8, the numbers are sure to surge.
This reduces the bundle size significantly(about 7-20%) improving the loading speed and TTI(time to interactive) of the web app.
Moreover, the developer is freed from the hassle of building a separate code configuration into the page.
Although Bazel is an experimental feature, the fact that Angular 8 is made on it is reason enough for developers to start experimenting with the feature.
Ivy engine helps in reducing build times and in decreasing bundle sizes.