What's new in Angular 18?

Angular is front end framework build on top of Typescript and is one of the popular open-source web application frameworks among developers, maintained by Google and a community of developers.

Angular 18 brings several new features and improvements to enhance performance, developer experience and application capabilities.

Here are some of the new features of Anuglar 18:

1. Zoneless Application Development (Experimental):                                                                                                                                        Zoneless change detection is now experimentally available which eliminates the need of zone.js. This improves application
   performance, small bundle size, faster initial renders and simple debugging.                                                                                                                   
2. Improved Server-Side Rendering (SSR):

   Better hydration support for i18n blocks, enabling application to use server-side rendering with internationalization.

3. Standalone Components:

   Standalone components are now supports in Angular 18, which can be created without Angular modules. By using standalone components project structure can be simplified and improves tree-shaking for smaller bundle sizes.

4. Route Redirects with Functions:                                                                                                                                                                  This new routing feature allows developers to define dynamic redirects based on runtime conditions which enhances routing flexibility.

5. Built-in Control Flow and Deferable Views:                                                                                                                                                     In Angular 18 Built-in Control Flow and Deferable Views are stable. This is introduced in Angular 17 which improves performance by optimizing type checking and enable better management of async operations.

6. Firebase App Hosting:                                                                                                                                                                                      Angular 18 supports dynamic angular applications on Firebase app hosting, simplifying deployment and enhance performance.