Angular 14 CRUD with Angular Material UI | json-server | Angular 15 Reactive forms example

Angular is a popular JavaScript framework used for building web, mobile, and desktop applications. In this article, we will explore how to create a CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) application using Angular 14, Angular Material UI, json-server, and Angular 15 Reactive forms.

Setting up the environment

Before we start building the CRUD application, we need to set up our development environment. Make sure you have Node.js and npm installed on your system. Once you have Node.js and npm installed, you can install Angular CLI by running the following command:

npm install -g @angular/cli

Once Angular CLI is installed, we can create a new Angular project by running the following command:

ng new my-crud-app
cd my-crud-app

Creating the Angular Material UI

Angular Material is a UI component library for Angular applications. We can install Angular Material by running the following command:

ng add @angular/material

Once Angular Material is installed, we can start creating the UI components for our CRUD application using Angular Material components like mat-table, mat-form-field, mat-input, mat-select, etc.

Setting up json-server

json-server is a simple and easy-to-use tool for creating a fake REST API for testing and prototyping. We can install json-server by running the following command:

npm install -g json-server

Once json-server is installed, we can create a db.json file with some sample data for our CRUD application. We can then start json-server by running the following command:

json-server --watch db.json

Implementing Angular 15 Reactive forms

Angular 15 Reactive forms provide a powerful and flexible way to manage and validate form input in Angular applications. We can create reactive forms for our CRUD application using Angular 15 Reactive forms module and its corresponding form controls like formGroup, formControl, etc.

Conclusion

In this article, we have learned how to create a CRUD application using Angular 14, Angular Material UI, json-server, and Angular 15 Reactive forms. By following the steps mentioned in this article, you can create a fully functional CRUD application with a user-friendly UI and a fake REST API for testing and prototyping.