Foreword

Angular is a sophisticated technology that aims to create a framework with multi-platform support, including web, mobile and desktop. When I heard the news about Angular 1 being rewritten for Angular 2, I got excited instantly, since it was an opportunity for us to develop a UI component suite that I was pretty sure would be a success similar to its predecessor.

Then at the beginning of 2016, with the early alpha releases of Angular, we started working on PrimeNG to bring our years of expertise in PrimeFaces, the most popular UI framework for JavaServer Faces to Angular. Initially, we hit some roadblocks in the technology that prevented us from developing what we had in mind; however, all of those were temporary and the more we worked with Angular, the more we started to realize its true potential. From the perspective of a UI component library, Angular gives us all the APIs we need to develop easy to use, customizable, and accessible components easily.

Currently, PrimeNG is the most complete UI solution for Angular web development, with over 70+ high quality components and over a hundred thousand download per month. PrimeNG aims to solve complex enterprise requirements and as a result, its feature set is way beyond other UI libraries. As with all other PrimeTek libraries, PrimeNG is open source under the MIT license, which enables us to combine the power of the open source community with professional services and add-ons.

The standard documentation along with the showcase are the core resources for PrimeNG; however, there are many cases that cannot be covered in the documentation, and Angular UI Development with PrimeNG fills this gap and offers practical examples to serve as a companion to enhance your PrimeNG experience. I have known the authors, Oleg and Sudheer, for a long time and they have years of expertise in Prime projects, such as PrimeFaces before, and now PrimeNG. Their extensive knowledge of PrimeNG that is documented in this book is the best complementary PrimeNG resource available.

Overall, Angular and PrimeNG are a great duo for any type of Angular web application and considering the fact that both are developed with high pace, we can expect greater benefits in the future.

Cagatay Civici

Founder and Creator of PrimeNG