Angular is evolving. Standalone components provide a simplified way to build applications by removing the need for NgModules.
1The Death of Boilerplate
For years, every Angular component had to belong to an NgModule. This often led to 'Shared Modules' that became bloated over time. Standalone components fix this by making the component itself the unit of modularity. By setting standalone: true, you tell Angular that this component will manage its own dependencies. This leads to a 'tree-shakeable' architecture where only the code you actually use is included in the final bundle.
2Direct Dependencies
In a standalone world, dependencies are explicit. If a component needs the DatePipe or another component, it imports them directly in its @Component metadata. This makes the code much easier to trace. You no longer have to hunt through various module files to understand why a specific directive is available. This locality of reference improves both developer productivity and the performance of Angular's compilation process.
