In Angular Component post, we have seen that a component consists Html Template, component class, and Metadata. In this post we will see the HTML template in detail-

Html template is nothing but regular Html code with some additional Angular syntax to communicate with the component class.

Angular API interprets the HTML template of a component and generates the HTML and renders it. We can declare the HTML template of a component in two ways-

• Inline Template
• Linked Template

Inline Template

We can define the inline HTML template of a component using template config in @Component decorator, as shown below-

In can be single line template inside double quotes or single quotes-

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  template: '
Inline template in single line
',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css'],
})

It can also be a multi-line template wrapped inside backticks char `.

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  template: `

    
Multi-line template
    
Hello World!!
  
`,
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css'],
})

Linked Template

A component can have a separate HTML file to add your HTML template of component. Use the templateUrl parameter to declare the path of the HTML template file, as shown below-

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css'],
})

It is a best practice to have a separate .html file for a template. It will be easy to work with HTML tags and also maintain it.