Parent to Child Communication with Metadata in Angular 17

A parent component in Angular can transfer data or information to its child components using parent-to-child communication. This is an essential component of creating reusable and modular Angular applications. This is an overview of Angular 17's parent-to-child communication features.

Prerequisites

• Basic JavaScript
• Basic Angular

What is Parent to Child Communication

In Angular 17, parent-to-child communication describes the process by which a parent component transmits information or data to its offspring components. By allowing components to interact with one another in a hierarchical framework, this communication makes it possible to create modular and reusable Angular apps.

Steps to Create an Angular Project

Step 1: Create an Angular application

ng new parentchild

Step 2: Create employee component using the following command

ng generate component employee

Folder Structure

Dependencies

"dependencies": {
 "@angular/animations": "^17.3.0",
 "@angular/common": "^17.3.0",
 "@angular/compiler": "^17.3.0",
 "@angular/core": "^17.3.0",
 "@angular/forms": "^17.3.0",
 "@angular/platform-browser": "^17.3.0",
 "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "^17.3.0",
 "@angular/router": "^17.3.0",
 "rxjs": "~7.8.0",
 "tslib": "^2.3.0",
 "zone.js": "~0.14.3"
 }

Example

Parent Component

Child Component :

To start the application run the following command

ng serve --open

Output