Discussion on: Angular - How many components is too many components?

[TheSlider2]

In our current project we've got this period component containing two date inputs, start and end. We're using it across the entire project in various situations and sometimes need to declare specific validators for some of the work-flows.
The problem is that this component is starting to require so many conditional validators and each of them is a complex check that we're now asking ourselves if it was a good idea to create it instead of having independent start/end inputs in each parent component with their own validators.

So yeah, it's nice to cut your project into small pieces but when one of your smaller piece starts getting bloated with unnecessary conditional code, then you know you've went too far.

[Antonin J. (they/them)]

Oh yeah! Absolutely. But that's when I'd split it based on functionality. Conditionals usually indicate that you're trying to force one thing to fulfill the role of many.

You can also invert the validation and have the parent be responsible (just like you mentioned).

In Angular, you could just do:

<MyInputComponent
(validate)="validateInput($event)"
[isValid]="isInputValid">
</MyInputComponent>

On change, the input component would emit the change for the validateInput to run and the parent component will then let the input know if it's valid or not. :)