Leveraging Signal-Based Forms for Reactive Angular Applications

{
  "title": "Leveraging Signal-Based Forms for Reactive Angular Applications",
  "description": "Techniques for utilizing signal-driven forms to improve scalability, type safety, and reactivity in Angular applications.",
  "category": "Angular Cursor Rules",
  "rules": [
    {
      "id": "angular-signal-forms",
      "description": "Implement signal-based forms to enhance reactivity and maintainability in Angular applications.",
      "recommendation": [
        "Use Angular's Signals API to manage form state reactively, ensuring efficient change detection and state management.",
        "Define form controls as signals to automatically track dependencies and optimize re-computations.",
        "Utilize computed signals for derived states, such as form validity or aggregated values, to maintain a declarative approach.",
        "Avoid asynchronous operations within computed signals to ensure synchronous and predictable state updates.",
        "Combine signals with traditional reactive forms judiciously, leveraging each approach's strengths for optimal form handling."
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "before": "Using traditional getters for form value aggregation, leading to frequent recalculations and potential performance overhead.",
          "after": "Implementing computed signals to derive aggregated form values, reducing unnecessary recalculations and improving performance."
        }
      ],
      "references": [
        {
          "title": "Optimizing Angular Forms with Signals for Better Performance",
          "url": "https://medium.com/@sajinkasim14/optimizing-angular-forms-with-signals-for-better-performance-78d7d88c619f"
        },
        {
          "title": "Angular Signals: Best Practices",
          "url": "https://medium.com/@eugeniyoz/angular-signals-best-practices-9ac837ab1cec"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}