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OnPush Change Detection

OnPush Change Detection: free step-by-step lesson with examples, common mistakes, and interview tips — part of Angular Tutorial on Toolliyo Academy.

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Angular Tutorial · Lesson 64 of 100

OnPush Change Detection

Setup & Components ✓Routing HTTP Rx ✓State & PerfShip & Projects

State & Perf · 3 — Scale · ~10 min · UI and Performance

What is this?

OnPush Change Detection improves UI polish or runtime performance.

Why should you care?

Enterprise lists feel slow without OnPush, trackBy, and budgets.

See it live — copy this example

Run examples in an Angular CLI project (ng serve). Prefer standalone components and TypeScript strict mode.

changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush
// OnPush Change Detection

What happened?

  • Measure first; apply the smallest performance win that fits.
  • Follow the steps below — typing the code yourself is the fastest way to learn.

Practice next

  1. Reproduce the snippet in an Angular CLI app.
  2. Change one binding or route and re-serve.
  3. Note one mistake you almost made.
  4. Extract a service.
  5. Add a trivial unit test later.

Remember

You can explain OnPush Change Detection simply. You ran a small Angular demo. You know one pitfall.

OnPush Change Detection in AngularVerse

Your team applies onpush change detection on an admin UI.

Outcome: A concrete next coding step exists.

Interview prep for this lesson

Practice these questions aloud after reading—each links to a full structured answer.

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What is the difference between default and onPush change detection strategies in Angular?
Short answer: Change Detection Strategy Description When to Use Default Angular checks every component in the component tree every cycle Simple apps or components with frequent changes OnPush Angular checks component onl…
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What is change detection in Angular?
Short answer: pplication's state changes. When data-bound properties change, Angular runs a change detection cycle to check if the view needs updating. It checks component data and updates the UI accordingly. Happens aut…
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What is change detection in Angular?
Short answer: Change detection is the mechanism Angular uses to update the DOM when the application's state changes. When data-bound properties change, Angular runs a change detection cycle to check if the view needs upd…
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What is ngZone, and how does it relate to Angular’s change detection?
Short answer: Angular uses NgZone to detect asynchronous events (like clicks, timers, HTTP). NgZone runs code inside Angular's zone, triggering change detection automatically. You can run code outside Angular's zone to p…
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Attribute Directives – Change appearance/behavior (e.g., ngClass, ngStyle)?
Short answer: Examples: <!-- *ngIf --> <div *ngIf="user.isLoggedIn">Welcome, {{ user.name }}</div> <!-- *ngFor --> <li *ngFor="let item of items">{{ item }}</li> Re…
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Angular Tutorial
Course syllabus

Angular Tutorial

Setup
Components and Templates
Routing and Forms
HTTP and APIs
RxJS and Signals
State Management
UI and Performance
Realtime and Scale
Security Testing Deploy
Projects
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