Angular PrimeNG

Angular PrimeNG is a powerful open-source framework by PrimeTek Informatics, with pre-built, customizable UI components that accelerate development and elevate the user experience. By rich set of Angular UI components that are used to enhance web development by providing a complete library of ready-to-use UI elements. PrimeNG is used to make responsive websites with very much ease. It has a rich collection of components, spanning from basic buttons and forms to complex data tables, charts, and menus. It offers a wide range of customizable and feature-rich components that enable developers to create modern, responsive, and visually appealing user interfaces.

What is PrimeNG?

PrimeNG is a complete UI component library that seamlessly integrates with Angular. It has a rich collection of components, spanning from basic buttons and forms to complex data tables, charts, and menus. PrimeNG components are carefully crafted to stick to the Material Design principles, ensuring a smart and modern look that aligns with contemporary web design trends.

Key Features of PrimeNG

• Diverse Component Library: PrimeNG provides a vast collection of UI components such as grids, forms, charts, tables, buttons, dialogs, menus, and more, covering various aspects of user interface design.
• Responsive Design: The components are built with responsiveness in mind, ensuring that applications developed with PrimeNG are compatible and optimized for different devices and screen sizes.
• Customization and Theming: Developers can easily customize the appearance and behavior of PrimeNG components to match their application's design requirements. PrimeNG also supports theming capabilities for consistent branding.
• Accessibility: PrimeNG emphasizes accessibility standards, making UI components accessible to users with disabilities and ensuring compliance with accessibility guidelines.
• Integration with Angular: As PrimeNG is specifically designed for Angular, it seamlessly integrates with Angular applications, leveraging Angular's features such as dependency injection, data binding, and routing.
• Rich Set of Functionality: Each PrimeNG component comes with a rich set of functionalities and features out-of-the-box, reducing development time and effort in implementing common UI interactions and behaviors.
• Community Support: PrimeNG has a strong community of developers contributing to its growth, providing support, documentation, tutorials, and additional resources to assist developers in utilizing PrimeNG effectively.

Common PrimeNG Components

• DataGrid: A powerful and flexible grid component for displaying tabular data with features like sorting, filtering, pagination, and customizable templates.
• Input Components: Various input elements such as input text, dropdowns, checkboxes, radio buttons, sliders, and calendars.
• Charts: Chart components for data visualization, including bar charts, line charts, pie charts, and more, powered by popular charting libraries.
• Dialogs and Modals: Components for creating dialog boxes, modals, alerts, confirmations, and overlays for user interactions.
• Forms: Form-related components like form layouts, validation, error messages, and input masks to enhance form usability and functionality.
• Navigation: Navigation elements such as menus, breadcrumbs, tabs, and sidebars for creating structured and intuitive navigation within applications.
• Theming and Styling: PrimeNG offers multiple pre-built themes (Material, Bootstrap, etc.) to establish a foundation for your application's look and feel. You can further customize the styling using CSS classes provided by PrimeNG or create custom themes for a distinctive identity.

Building a Sample Angular Application with PrimeNG

Step 1: Create an Angular application using the following command.

ng new appname

Step 2: After creating your project folder i.e. appname, move to it using the following command.

cd appname

Step 3: Install PrimeNG in your given directory.

npm install primeng --save
npm install primeicons --save

Please refer to the Angular CLI Project Setup article for the detailed Angular Installation procedure.

Project Structure

After successful installation, it will look like the following image:

Example: This example illustrates the basic use of Angular PrimeNG in a project.

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import { NgModule } from "@angular/core";
import { BrowserModule } from "@angular/platform-browser";
import { BrowserAnimationsModule } 
    from "@angular/platform-browser/animations";
 
import { AppComponent } from "./app.component";
import { TabViewModule } from "primeng/tabview";
 
@NgModule({
      imports: [BrowserModule, 
          BrowserAnimationsModule, 
          TabViewModule
    ],
      declarations: [AppComponent],
      bootstrap: [AppComponent],
})
 
export class AppModule{}

import { NgModule } from "@angular/core";
import { BrowserModule } from "@angular/platform-browser";
import { BrowserAnimationsModule } 
    from "@angular/platform-browser/animations";

import { AppComponent } from "./app.component";
import { TabViewModule } from "primeng/tabview";

@NgModule({
      imports: [BrowserModule, 
          BrowserAnimationsModule, 
          TabViewModule
    ],
      declarations: [AppComponent],
      bootstrap: [AppComponent],
})

export class AppModule{}

Output:

Running the Application:

• Execute ng serve in your terminal to launch the development server.
• Access http://localhost:4200 in your web browser to view the application.