Deep Dive into the Angular Compiler | Alex Rickabaugh | #AngularConnect

Premier Sponsor: ag-Grid (ag-grid.com). For most of us, the Angular compiler is just a part of the build - it's that thing that happens before the "real" work of compilation: 92% chunk asset optimization. But how does it actually work? What does the Angular compiler do when it's taking our Angular code and generating Javascript? Alex Rickabaugh has been preparing ngc for Ivy, and will unwrap some of the deep mysteries of the compiler. How does @NgModule really work? What are metadata.json files? Come learn these and many more secrets of the Angular compiler. About Alex Rickabaugh Alex Rickabaugh is a software engineer at Google, and for the last three years has been a core member of the Angular team. Throughout his time on Angular, Alex has worked on the Service Worker implementation for Progressive Web Apps, server-side rendering support, and a rewrite of the HTTP API. Currently, he works on the Angular Compiler, getting it ready for the next generation architecture, Angular Ivy.