The latest articles on DEV Community by Vaibhav (@15vaibhav). https://dev.to/15vaibhav https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F160884%2Feee424ba-2922-4bd8-8bfb-04ca2c190cb3.jpg https://dev.to/15vaibhav en Vaibhav Wed, 13 Jan 2021 15:19:47 +0000 https://dev.to/15vaibhav/hello-3f0 https://dev.to/15vaibhav/hello-3f0 javascript Vaibhav Thu, 10 Sep 2020 13:27:19 +0000 https://dev.to/15vaibhav/what-is-directives-in-angular-362i https://dev.to/15vaibhav/what-is-directives-in-angular-362i <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--WoZRoz-W--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/bzf78fjelvq0enrpn3lc.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--WoZRoz-W--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/bzf78fjelvq0enrpn3lc.png" alt="Alt Text"></a><br> If you have been working on Angular you must heard the keyword Directive. What is Directives in Angular ?<br> Lets take a look!<br> Directive is a Decorator that marks a class as an Angular directive. You can define your own directives to attach custom behavior to elements in the DOM. <br> So how many types of Directives exist in Angular?<br> Basically, there are three types of Directives that exist in Angular. But it's not done you can also create your own Directive in Angular. Will discuss...<br> 1 #Component Directive<br> Components are just directives with templates they use the directive API and give us a cleaner way to define them. it doesn't manipulate the Dom it creates them.</p> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--4KiGaI_c--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/m5ae7fcnyi9lz17bm4pd.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--4KiGaI_c--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/m5ae7fcnyi9lz17bm4pd.png" alt="Alt Text"></a></p> <p>2 #Structural Directive<br> Structure directives manipulate the DOM elements. These directives have a * sign before the directive. For example, *ngIf and *ngFor etc.</p> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--zUHLesrc--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/uacnbkl1aqueqhrtbd7h.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--zUHLesrc--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/uacnbkl1aqueqhrtbd7h.png" alt="Alt Text"></a></p> <p>3 #Attribute Directives <br> Attribute directives are used to change the look and behavior of the DOM element. For Example, NgStyle, NgClass etc.</p> <p>Note* Structural Directive is used to manipulate the Dom while Attribute directives are used to change the look and behavior of the DOM element. </p> angular typescript javascript