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Angular 8 Series Part 3: Upgrade to Angular 8
This will be the third article in the Angular 7 series that I started a few months ago. As Angular 8 is already out, in this part I will start with upgrading our project to the latest stable version.
Why Upgrade to Angular 8
It is very important for us to understand why we should keep upgrading to the latest version. Not just for Angular, but also for other dependency packages we use in our project.
Any open source community, especially Angular’s team, is quick and active on resolving issues and offering new features and functionalities. This is how technologies are evolving rapidly.
I can guaranty, if any of your major dependencies are behind on two or more major releases, you are at risk of losing active community support. One day you will find yourself in a state where you have to give up your codebase and rewrite the whole thing.
I personally don’t like the concept of giving up on a project and starting a new one, just to avoid some problems that we created over time.
Steps to Upgrade
1. Create a new branch
I will use same Git repo as in the Angular 7 series to add a new branch part-3/upgrade-angular-8, using this command: git checkout -b…
