Dumb Components and Visual Feedback in Angular Apps

Angular applications are becoming increasingly component-oriented. Angular 2 is all about components. In Angular 1, component patterns and APIs are emerging.

As we move towards component-style applications, we should think about how we organize components and divide responsibilities between them. One useful way to think about this is to distinguish between smart and dumb components, or presentational and container components.

The idea is simple: Your UI component tree consists of two differen...