Introduction

Forms are important elemental constructs for nearly every web application, and they have been reimagined for the better in Angular 2. Angular 1 forms were very useful, but they were totally dependent on the conventions of ngModel. Angular 2's newfound conventions remove it from ngModel dependence and offer a fresh approach to form and information management that ultimately feels cleaner and more approachable.

Fundamentally, it is important to understand where and why forms are useful. There are many places in an application where multitudinous input demands association, and forms are certainly useful in this context. Angular 2 forms are best used when validating the said input, especially so when multiple-field and cross-field validation is required. Additionally, Angular forms maintain the state of various form elements, allowing the user to reason the "history" of an input field.

It is also critical to remember that the Angular 2 form behavior, much in the same...