In v14, the partial compilation output of components have changed in a way
that prevents older versions of Angular to compile the partial declarations
correctly.
In particular, we used to emit used directives/components in separate arrays called
`components` and `directives`, and used pipes in a property called `pipes`:
```js
TestComponent.ɵcmp = i0.ɵɵngDeclareComponent({
minVersion: "12.0.0",
version: "13.3.0",
type: TestComponent,
selector: "ng-component",
ngImport: i0,
template: ``,
isInline: true,
directives: [{ type: i1.SomeDir, selector: "[some-dir]" }],
components: [{ type: i1.SomeCmp, selector: "some-cmp" }],
pipes: { 'async': i2.AsyncPipe },
});
```
In the above example, the `version` property indicates which exact compiler
version was used to compile the component, but the `minVersion` allows older
versions of the compiler/Angular linker to "link" the partial declaration to
its final AOT compilation output.
In v14, the used directives, components and pipes are now emitted together
into a single array under the `dependencies` property:
```js
TestComponent.ɵcmp = i0.ɵɵngDeclareComponent({
minVersion: "12.0.0",
version: "13.3.0",
type: TestComponent,
selector: "ng-component",
ngImport: i0,
template: ``,
isInline: true,
dependencies: [
{ kind: "directive", type: i1.SomeDir, selector: "[some-dir]" },
{ kind: "component", type: i1.SomeCmp, selector: "some-cmp" },
{ kind: "pipe", type: i2.AsyncPipe },
],
});
```
This change has been made in support of standalone components, but it does mean
that older compiler versions can no longer link these partial declarations
as desirable as none of the components, directives and pipes would be included
in the AOT-compiled code.
By increasing the `minVersion` property, we hint to older compiler versions that
they are not capable of processing the partial declaration. This allows reporting
an error at compile time instead of resulting in runtime failures due to missing
components, directives and pipes.
PR Close#45782
Adds a little golden test for the new `types_bundle` rule that ensures
the rule works at a general level. This rule will be useful for non-APF
ESM packages like the Angular compiler-cli (for which we also want to
bundle types to make them compatible with TypeScripts ESM type
resolution)
PR Close#45405
Speeds up the dev-turnaround by only bundling types when packaging. Currently
bundling occurs for all the `ng_module` targets in devmode.
This has various positive benefits:
* Avoidance of this rather slower operation in development
* Makes APF-built packages also handle types for `ts_library` targets consistently.
* Allows us to ensure APF entry-points have `d.ts` _always_ bundled (working with ESM
module resolution in TypeScript -- currently experimental)
* Allows us to remove the secondary `package.json` files from APF (maybe APF v14? - seems
low-impact). This would clean-up the APF even more and fix resolution issues (like in Vite)
PR Close#45405
We recently refactored how the ng package rule deals with static files.
As part of this refactoring, transitive files outside of the current
Bazel package were flagged as errors, while previously this was just
ignored. We need to revert back this behavior (even though code remains
much simpler and predicable now) since sass library targets for example
reference all transtive files in the default info and break packages then
PR Close#45622
Currently the `ng_package` rule does not support generated
`package.json` files. Generated `package.json` files are sometimes
useful when e.g. dependencies are automatically inserted (e.g.
many dependencies in the components repo for the MDC deps)
Currently the `package.json` files would be copied as part of
the `data` attribute, but they would not be processed. i.e. missing
out on the `exports` field and more.
We can simplify the rule attributes and make this more ergonomic.
PR Close#45470
Updates us to version 4.0 of Jasmine and fixes some errors that were the result of us depending upon deprecated APIs. We need to do this both to stay up to date and because it was going to break eventually, because one of the Bazel packages was logging a deprecation warning that version 4.0 was required.
There were also some cases where the state of `ngDevMode` had started leaking out between tests.
PR Close#45558
Updates us to version 4.0 of Jasmine and fixes some errors that were the result of us depending upon deprecated APIs. We need to do this both to stay up to date and because it was going to break eventually, because one of the Bazel packages was logging a deprecation warning that version 4.0 was required.
There were also some cases where the state of `ngDevMode` had started leaking out between tests.
PR Close#45558
Update `@bazel` packages to the latest 5.x version.
Some of the changes here are modeled after
angular/dev-infra@40c0ac8559.
Co-Authored-By: George Kalpakas <kalpakas.g@gmail.com>
PR Close#45431
To make our test output i.e. devmode output more aligned
with what we produce in the NPM packages, or to be more
aligned with what Angular applications will usually consume,
the devmode output is switched from ES5 to ES2015.
Additionally various tsconfigs (outside of Bazel) have been
updated to match with the other parts of the build. The rules
are:
ES2015 for test configurations, ES2020 for actual code that will
end up being shipped (this includes the IDE-only tsconfigs).
PR Close#44505
The year has advanced by one cycle. In accordance with this
practice, we increment the value of the bounding set of our
license year by one.
PR Close#44590
This commit removes special functions that were used to run tests in ViewEngine or Ivy only.
Since ViewEngine is deprecated and we no longer run ViewEngine tests on CI, we can cleanup
those special helpers and ViewEngine-only tests.
PR Close#44120
This commit removes most tests that were designated as only covering View
Engine code. It also removes tag filters from CI and local commands to run
tests.
In a few cases (such as with the packages/compiler tests), this tag was
improperly applied, and certain test cases have been added back running in
Ivy mode.
This commit also empties `@angular/compiler/testing` as it is no longer
necessary (this is safe since compiler packages are not public API). It can
be deleted in the future.
PR Close#43884
Remove the ivy-aot bazel tag from usage as it served a duplicate purpose as ivy-only which is now removed as both are
unneeded with Ivy as the default compiler used.
PR Close#43862
Using the tag "view-engine-only" better describes the expected usage of bazel targets with the test. They can
only be run with view engine.
PR Close#43862
The APF v13 `ng_package` rule will generate the `exports` field if not
set. Currently it allows for additional subpath entries to be configured
manually. The packager does not allow for custom conditions in subpath
exports which are auto-generated.
This is sometimes useful and necessary though. e.g. in Angular Material,
we also need to expose the index Sass file through a `sass` conditional
that the Webpack Sass loader will pick up. For this, the packager needs
to support manual additional conditions (as long as they do not
conflict).
PR Close#43764
In addition to the existing `exports` conditional exports we ship
as part of APF v13, we want to expose the non-bundled ESM2020 output
through the `esm2020` conditional name. Additionally we will expose
the flat ES2020 files through the `es2020` conditional field, allowing
consumers (like the CLI) to prioritize certain formats.
e.g. consider the case with RXJS where it currently defaults to
the ESM5 output. The CLI could now set `es2015` as the conditional
to leverage the ES2015 output of RXJS. This unveils a problem though
since this would also mean that `ES2015` output of the framework Angular
packages would be used instead of the available ES2020 output. Here is
the additional `es2020` conditional helpful as it allows the CLI to
prioritize `es2020`, fallback to `es2015` and lastly fallback to `default`.
if none do match for a certain package.
PR Close#43740
The `@angular/core` migrations are currently published as CommonJS and also not bundled. Schematics, of which migrations are a type, are currently required to be CommonJS modules due to the Schematics Runtime not yet supporting ESM-based schematics. To ensure that the migration files are loaded as CommonJS modules, a nested `package.json` file has been introduced within the `schematics` directory of the package to set the `type` field for all containing JavaScript files as CommonJS. Since the migrations are also not currently bundled and the `devmode` output used to build the migrations will replace all relative imports with fully-qualified module specifiers, an additional `exports` entry must be added to allow the fully-qualified module specifiers to correctly resolve. If `devmode` did not change the relative imports the additional entry would not be needed. Bundling would also remedy the situation and is the long-term path, especially once the migrations are converted to ESM. Additional followup changes should investigate bundling each migration. The additional `exports` entry should be removed if either `devmode` behavior is changed or the migrations are bundled.
PR Close#43657
In the current Bazel setup, we run CommonJS as devmode output, and ESM
for prodmode output. This means that consumers of the
`@angular/bazel` package will end up using the prodmode-built ESM
package of the compiler-cli. This commit adds interop logic to be able
to load the compiler-cli as strict ESM package.
We cannot switch devmode to ESM, as this would require some changes
in `rules_nodejs` and potentially the reduction of both output flavors
into a single one (which is a future project anyway). This is out of
scope for now and inside g3, there is still devmode output as well.
PR Close#43431
As outlined in the previous commit which enabled the `esModuleInterop`
TypeScript compiler option, we need to update all namespace imports
for `typescript` to default imports. This is needed to allow for
TypeScript to be imported at runtime from an ES module.
Similar changes are needed for modules like `semver` where the types incorrectly
suggest named exports that will not exist at runtime when imported from ESM.
This commit refactors all imports to match with the lint rule we have
configured in the previous commit. See the previous commit for more
details on why certain imports have been changed.
A special case are the imports to `@babel/core` and `@babel/types`. For
these a special interop is needed as both default imports, or named
imports break the other module format. e.g default imports would work
well for ESM, but it breaks for CJS. For CJS, the named imports would
only work, but in ESM, only the default export exist. We work around
this for now until the devmode is using ESM as well (which would be
consistent with prodmode and gives us more valuable test results). More
details on the interop can be found in the `babel_core.ts` files (two
interops are needed for both localize/or the compiler-cli).
PR Close#43431
Enables the `esModuleInterop` for all TypeScript compilations in the
project. This allows us to emit proper ESM-compatible code. e.g.
consider the following import:
```ts
import * as ts from 'typescript';
```
This import currently will break at runtime in NodeJS because the
`typescript` package is not shipping ESM. It's still a CommonJS module.
ES modules are able to import from `typescript` though, using an import
statement as above, but everything in `module.exports` is being exposed
as the `default` named export. TypeScript at runtime does not have any
other named exports, so for actual ESM compatibility, all of our imports
need to be switched to:
```
import ts from 'typescript';
```
The `esModuleInterop` option allows this to work even though the
`d.ts` file of TS currently suggests that there are _only_ named exports.
The TypeScript language service will now suggest the correct import form as
shown above. It doesn't enforce that unfortunately, but this commit also
adds a lint rule that enforces certain patterns so that we emit imports
that are compatible with both ESM and CJS output (CJS still needed here
since tests run with CJS devmode output still; this is a future project
to switch that over to ESM!)
PR Close#43431
As part of v13, all APF packages use the `exports` field which defines
the public entry-points/mappings for a package. so-called package exports.
The `ng_package` rule creates all the necessary mappings/sub-path exports
for the entry-points of `@angular/common`. Though, since the locale files are
generated separately and are not an actual entry-point, we need to expose these
files publicly so that they can be imported/resolved by consumers.
PR Close#43431
Similar to other code that is shipped as part of `@angular/common`
(with APF v13), we should ship the generated locale files as ESM
files as well. This is necessary/reasonable because we explicitly
set `type: "module"` for the common package, so it makes sense to
have the same apply for the locale sub-directory.
Note: The global locale scripts remain having the `.js` extension
and will continue to be unmodified. They are CJS/ESM compatible either
way, but refer to browser globals.
PR Close#43431
This commit implements partial compilation APF v13 for the
`ng_package` rule. The changes involve the following things:
1. Requesting the partial compilation output for all targets (and
its transitives) in the `deps` or `srcs` attributes.
2. Downleveling of ES2020 prodmode output to a FESM2015 file.
3. Cleanup of file resolution. Previusly, execroot file paths (which are
passed to the packager tool) were composed manually. This is prone to
mistakes and breaks with transitions.
A lot of this code can be simplified by passing the necessary Bazel
`File` information as JSON. This also simplifies the packager tool
significantly (and makes it more readable..)
4. Remoal of UMD bundles. This also allows us remove the `globals` rule
attribute with `externals` (we do not need any UMD global identifier
names anymore).
5. The `package.json` will set the `exports` field and use subpath
exports to make module resolution work for ESM consumers.
6. TSLib is also always set as `external` now. Previously it had to be
added as `dep` to the `ng_package` rule as UMD files bundled `tslib`.
7. The `include_devmode_srcs` option has been removed. This option was
an addition to APF that allowed the `@angular/compiler` to ship
non-flattened ES5 CommonJS sources. We want to keep APF consistent
and not allow such exceptions. Compiler is now a strict APF package
as well, and the compiler-cli just needs to go through the primary
entry-point for things it needs (or it bundles the necessary parts
into the CLI.)
Overall, these are all changes. A lot of changes to make the packager
rule and tool more readable and Bazel-idiomatic were made as well. This
allows us to easier make packaging changes in the future, and it's more
future-proof if we ever change how inputs (like `ng_module` targets) are
generated (e.g. consider a case where we'd use the `ts_project` rule).
PR Close#43431
Removes the `compilation_mode` attribute for the `ng_module` rule. We
remove the attribute since we intend to control the compilation mode
through the partial compilation build setting we have added before.
Note: We could have named the build setting more generically, something
like `ng_compilation_mode`, but I think it's more readable only assuming
there is `partial` compilation, or `full`. We can always change this in
the future as it is not part of the public API.
PR Close#43431
Refs #42966.
Previously if _any_ diagnostics were emitted, regardless of their category, the manifest would not be generated. This means that if a target emits only warnings and no errors, it would still fail to build because it does not generate all the required output files (specifically the `.es5.MF` file). Now the manifest file is generated as long as there are no error diagnostics in the result. This makes `ng_module()` support compiler warnings as a user would expect.
Added a test which uses extended template diagnostics to trigger the invalid banana in box diagnostic. This generates a warning and uses Skylib's `build_test()` to verify that it builds successfully. Unfortunately there is no easy way to verify that the warning diagnostic is emitted at all. `expected_diagnostics` should be able to do that, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on `ng_module()` and may not be integrated. Instead, testing that a target with warnings builds correctly is the best we can easily do here without a deeper investigation.
PR Close#43582
In version 12, applications will only be allowed to be built in Ivy, this makes the minified UMDs redundant since they cannot be processed by NGCC.
With this change, we remove the minified UMDs from the generated APF package.
BREAKING CHANGE: Minified UMD bundles are no longer included in the distributed NPM packages.
PR Close#41425
Updates to the latest version of `rules_nodejs` that supports
the most recent NodeJS lts version v14.16.1.
Additionally the latest version of `rules_nodejs` provides
[a package for runfile resolution](https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/pull/2568) w/ types that we can leverage.
PR Close#41599
Adds a new attribute to the `ng_module` rule that allows users to
set the Angular compiler `compilationMode` flag. An alternative
would have been to just enable the option in the user-specified
tsconfig. Though that is more inconvenient if a Bazel workspace
wants to change the compilation mode conditionally at anaylsis
phase through build settings.
Related to: https://github.com/angular/components/pull/22351t
PR Close#41366
Updates to rules_nodejs 2.2.0. This is the first major release in 7 months and includes a number of features as well
as breaking changes.
Release notes: https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/releases/tag/2.0.0
Features of note for angular/angular:
* stdout/stderr/exit code capture; this could be potentially be useful
* TypeScript (ts_project); a simpler tsc rule that ts_library that can be used in the repo where ts_library is too
heavy weight
Breaking changes of note for angular/angular:
* loading custom rules from npm packages: `ts_library` is no longer loaded from `@npm_bazel_typescript//:index.bzl`
(which no longer exists) but is now loaded from `@npm//@bazel/typescript:index.bzl`
* with the loading changes above, `load("@npm//:install_bazel_dependencies.bzl", "install_bazel_dependencies")` is
no longer needed in the WORKSPACE which also means that yarn_install does not need to run unless building/testing
a target that depends on @npm. In angular/angular this is a minor improvement as almost everything depends on @npm.
* @angular/bazel package is also updated in this PR to support the new load location; Angular + Bazel users that
require it for ng_package (ng_module is no longer needed in OSS with Angular 10) will need to load from
`@npm//@angular/bazel:index.bzl`. I investigated if it was possible to maintain backward compatability for the old
load location `@npm_angular_bazel` but it is not since the package itself needs to be updated to load from
`@npm//@bazel/typescript:index.bzl` instead of `@npm_bazel_typescript//:index.bzl` as it depends on ts_library
internals for ng_module.
* runfiles.resolve will now throw instead of returning undefined to match behavior of node require
Other changes in angular/angular:
* integration/bazel has been updated to use both ng_module and ts_libary with use_angular_plugin=true.
The latter is the recommended way for rules_nodejs users to compile Angular 10 with Ivy. Bazel + Angular ViewEngine is
supported with @angular/bazel <= 9.0.5 and Angular <= 8. There is still Angular ViewEngine example on rules_nodejs
https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/tree/stable/examples/angular_view_engine on these older versions but users
that want to update to Angular 10 and are on Bazel must switch to Ivy and at that point ts_library with
use_angular_plugin=true is more performant that ng_module. Angular example in rules_nodejs is configured this way
as well: https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/tree/stable/examples/angular. As an aside, we also have an
example of building Angular 10 with architect() rule directly instead of using ts_library with angular plugin:
https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/tree/stable/examples/angular_bazel_architect.
NB: ng_module is still required for angular/angular repository as it still builds ViewEngine & @angular/bazel
also provides the ng_package rule. ng_module can be removed in the future if ViewEngine is no longer needed in
angular repo.
* JSModuleInfo provider added to ng_module. this is for forward compat for future rules_nodejs versions.
PR Close#39182
Updates to rules_nodejs 2.2.0. This is the first major release in 7 months and includes a number of features as well
as breaking changes.
Release notes: https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/releases/tag/2.0.0
Features of note for angular/angular:
* stdout/stderr/exit code capture; this could be potentially be useful
* TypeScript (ts_project); a simpler tsc rule that ts_library that can be used in the repo where ts_library is too
heavy weight
Breaking changes of note for angular/angular:
* loading custom rules from npm packages: `ts_library` is no longer loaded from `@npm_bazel_typescript//:index.bzl`
(which no longer exists) but is now loaded from `@npm//@bazel/typescript:index.bzl`
* with the loading changes above, `load("@npm//:install_bazel_dependencies.bzl", "install_bazel_dependencies")` is
no longer needed in the WORKSPACE which also means that yarn_install does not need to run unless building/testing
a target that depends on @npm. In angular/angular this is a minor improvement as almost everything depends on @npm.
* @angular/bazel package is also updated in this PR to support the new load location; Angular + Bazel users that
require it for ng_package (ng_module is no longer needed in OSS with Angular 10) will need to load from
`@npm//@angular/bazel:index.bzl`. I investigated if it was possible to maintain backward compatability for the old
load location `@npm_angular_bazel` but it is not since the package itself needs to be updated to load from
`@npm//@bazel/typescript:index.bzl` instead of `@npm_bazel_typescript//:index.bzl` as it depends on ts_library
internals for ng_module.
* runfiles.resolve will now throw instead of returning undefined to match behavior of node require
Other changes in angular/angular:
* integration/bazel has been updated to use both ng_module and ts_libary with use_angular_plugin=true.
The latter is the recommended way for rules_nodejs users to compile Angular 10 with Ivy. Bazel + Angular ViewEngine is
supported with @angular/bazel <= 9.0.5 and Angular <= 8. There is still Angular ViewEngine example on rules_nodejs
https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/tree/stable/examples/angular_view_engine on these older versions but users
that want to update to Angular 10 and are on Bazel must switch to Ivy and at that point ts_library with
use_angular_plugin=true is more performant that ng_module. Angular example in rules_nodejs is configured this way
as well: https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/tree/stable/examples/angular. As an aside, we also have an
example of building Angular 10 with architect() rule directly instead of using ts_library with angular plugin:
https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/tree/stable/examples/angular_bazel_architect.
NB: ng_module is still required for angular/angular repository as it still builds ViewEngine & @angular/bazel
also provides the ng_package rule. ng_module can be removed in the future if ViewEngine is no longer needed in
angular repo.
* JSModuleInfo provider added to ng_module. this is for forward compat for future rules_nodejs versions.
@josephperrott, this touches `packages/bazel/src/external.bzl` which will make the sync to g3 non-trivial.
PR Close#37727
The `ng_module` rule supports the generation of flat module bundles. In
View Engine, information about this flat module bundle is exposed
as a Bazel provider. This is helpful as other rules like `ng_package`
could rely on this information to determine entry-points for the APF.
With Ivy this currently does not work because the flat module
information is not exposed in the provider. The reason for this is
unclear. We should also provide this information in Ivy so that rules
like `ng_package` can also determine the correct entry-points when a
package is built specifically with `--config=ivy`.
PR Close#36971
It looks like there is a leftover golden in the `ng_package`
tests that is no longer used anywhere and does not reflect
the latest Angular Package Format v10 changes. We should be
able to remove it to keep our codebase healthy.
PR Close#37623
Refactors the `ng_rollup_bundle` rule to a macro that relies on
the `@bazel/rollup` package. This means that the rule no longer
deals with custom ESM5 flavour output, but rather only builds
prodmode ES2015 output. This matches the common build output
in Angular projects, and optimizations done in CLI where
ES2015 is the default optimization input.
The motiviation for this change is:
* Not duplicating rollup Bazel rules. Instead leveraging the official
rollup rule.
* Not dealing with a third TS output flavor in Bazel.The ESM5 flavour has the
potential of slowing down local development (as it requires compilation replaying)
* Updating the rule to be aligned with current CLI optimizations.
This also _fixes_ a bug that surfaced in the old rollup bundle rule.
Code that is unused, is not removed properly. The new rule fixes this by
setting the `toplevel` flag. This instructs terser to remove unused
definitions at top-level. This matches the optimization applied in CLI
projects. Notably the CLI doesn't need this flag, as code is always
wrapped by Webpack. Hence, the unused code eliding runs by default.
PR Close#37623
As of Angular Package Format v10, we no longer ship a `fesm5` and
`fesm5` output in packages. We made this change to the `ng_package`
rule but intentionally did not clean up related build actions.
This follow-up commit cleans this up by:
* No longer building fesm5 bundles, or providing esm2015 output.
* No longer requesting and building a third flavor for ESM5. We can
use TSC to downlevel ES2015 sources/prodmode output similarly to how it
is done in `ng-packagr`.
The third output flavor (ESM5) resulted in a build slow-down as we
required a full recompilation of sources. Now, we only have a single
compilation for prodmode output, and then downlevel it on-demand
to ES5 for the UMD bundles. Here is timing for building the release
packages in `angular/angular` before this change, and afterwards:
* Before: 462.157s = ~7.7min
* After: 339.703s = ~5.6min
This signifies a time reduction by 27% when running
`./scripts/build/build-packages-dist.sh`.
PR Close#37623
In v7 of Angular we removed `tsickle` from the default `ngc` pipeline.
This had the negative potential of breaking ES2015 output and SSR due
to a limitation in TypeScript.
TypeScript by default preserves type information for decorated constructor
parameters when `emitDecoratorMetadata` is enabled. For example,
consider this snippet below:
```
@Directive()
export class MyDirective {
constructor(button: MyButton) {}
}
export class MyButton {}
```
TypeScript would generate metadata for the `MyDirective` class it has
a decorator applied. This metadata would be needed in JIT mode, or
for libraries that provide `MyDirective` through NPM. The metadata would
look as followed:
```
let MyDirective = class MyDir {}
MyDirective = __decorate([
Directive(),
__metadata("design:paramtypes", [MyButton]),
], MyDirective);
let MyButton = class MyButton {}
```
Notice that TypeScript generated calls to `__decorate` and
`__metadata`. These calls are needed so that the Angular compiler
is able to determine whether `MyDirective` is actually an directive,
and what types are needed for dependency injection.
The limitation surfaces in this concrete example because `MyButton`
is declared after the `__metadata(..)` call, while `__metadata`
actually directly references `MyButton`. This is illegal though because
`MyButton` has not been declared at this point. This is due to the
so-called temporal dead zone in JavaScript. Errors like followed will
be reported at runtime when such file/code evaluates:
```
Uncaught ReferenceError: Cannot access 'MyButton' before initialization
```
As noted, this is a TypeScript limitation because ideally TypeScript
shouldn't evaluate `__metadata`/reference `MyButton` immediately.
Instead, it should defer the reference until `MyButton` is actually
declared. This limitation will not be fixed by the TypeScript team
though because it's a limitation as per current design and they will
only revisit this once the tc39 decorator proposal is finalized
(currently stage-2 at time of writing).
Given this wontfix on the TypeScript side, and our heavy reliance on
this metadata in libraries (and for JIT mode), we intend to fix this
from within the Angular compiler by downleveling decorators to static
properties that don't need to evaluate directly. For example:
```
MyDirective.ctorParameters = () => [MyButton];
```
With this snippet above, `MyButton` is not referenced directly. Only
lazily when the Angular runtime needs it. This mitigates the temporal
dead zone issue caused by a limitation in TypeScript's decorator
metadata output. See: https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/27519.
In the past (as noted; before version 7), the Angular compiler by
default used tsickle that already performed this transformation. We
moved the transformation to the CLI for JIT and `ng-packager`, but now
we realize that we can move this all to a single place in the compiler
so that standalone ngc consumers can benefit too, and that we can
disable tsickle in our Bazel `ngc-wrapped` pipeline (that currently
still relies on tsickle to perform this decorator processing).
This transformation also has another positive side-effect of making
Angular application/library code more compatible with server-side
rendering. In principle, TypeScript would also preserve type information
for decorated class members (similar to how it did that for constructor
parameters) at runtime. This becomes an issue when your application
relies on native DOM globals for decorated class member types. e.g.
```
@Input() panelElement: HTMLElement;
```
Your application code would then reference `HTMLElement` directly
whenever the source file is loaded in NodeJS for SSR. `HTMLElement`
does not exist on the server though, so that will become an invalid
reference. One could work around this by providing global mocks for
these DOM symbols, but that doesn't match up with other places where
dependency injection is used for mocking DOM/browser specific symbols.
More context in this issue: #30586. The TL;DR here is that the Angular
compiler does not care about types for these class members, so it won't
ever reference `HTMLElement` at runtime.
Fixes#30106. Fixes#30586. Fixes#30141.
Resolves FW-2196. Resolves FW-2199.
PR Close#37382
In #37221 we disabled tsickle passes from transforming the tsc output that is used to publish all
Angular framework and components packages (@angular/*).
This change however revealed a bug in the ngc that caused __decorate and __metadata calls to still
be emitted in the JS code even though we don't depend on them.
Additionally it was these calls that caused code in @angular/material packages to fail at runtime
due to circular dependency in the emitted decorator code documeted as
https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/27519.
This change partially rolls back #37221 by reenabling the decorator to static fields (static
properties) downleveling.
This is just a temporary workaround while we are also fixing root cause in `ngc` - tracked as
FW-2199.
Resolves FW-2198.
Related to FW-2196
PR Close#37317
As of TypeScript 3.9, the tsc emit is not compatible with Closure
Compiler due to
https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/pull/32011.
There is some hope that this will be fixed by a solution like the one
proposed in
https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/38374 but currently it's
unclear if / when that will
happen.
Since the Closure support has been somewhat already broken, and the
tsickle pass has been a source
of headaches for some time for Angular packages, we are removing it for
now while we rethink our
strategy to make Angular Closure compatible outside of Google.
This change has no effect on our Closure compatibility within Google
which work well because all the
code is compiled from sources and passed through tsickle.
This change only disables the tsickle pass but doesn't remove it.
A follow up PR should either remove all the traces of tscikle or
re-enable the fixed version.
BREAKING CHANGE: Angular npm packages no longer contain jsdoc comments
to support Closure Compiler's advanced optimizations
The support for Closure compiler in Angular packages has been
experimental and broken for quite some
time.
As of TS3.9 Closure is unusable with the JavaScript emit. Please follow
https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/38374 for more
information and updates.
If you used Closure compiler with Angular in the past, you will likely
be better off consuming
Angular packages built from sources directly rather than consuming the
version we publish on npm
which is primarily optimized for Webpack/Rollup + Terser build pipeline.
As a temporary workaround you might consider using your current build
pipeline with Closure flag
`--compilation_level=SIMPLE`. This flag will ensure that your build
pipeline produces buildable and
runnable artifacts, at the cost of increased payload size due to
advanced optimizations being disabled.
If you were affected by this change, please help us understand your
needs by leaving a comment on https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/37234.
PR Close#37221
