Angular 1.5 came with a new API for creating components. They are a great way to write cleaner, reusable elements with Angular 1, and provide a similar syntax for Angular 2 components. Learn about how to use components, how it differs from directives, and some best practices.

Bio: Jeremy Wilken is a software engineer at Teradata, where he develops mobile apps with Ionic, crafts user interfaces with AngularJS applications for data systems, and builds web-service layers with Node.js. He is also the author of Ionic in Action. When he isn’t coding, you can find him brewing beer.