Angular Enterprise Admin Dashboard

An enterprise-grade admin dashboard built with Angular v21, designed to reflect real-world frontend architecture, scalability concerns, and accessibility-first development practices.

This project is a production-oriented reference implementation showcasing senior-level Angular and frontend engineering.

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Key Features

• Modern Angular v21 with standalone components
• Signals + RxJS for predictable state management
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) with Users, Roles, and Permissions
• Enterprise-grade UX and accessibility (A11y)
• Localization with English (LTR) & Arabic (RTL) support
• Unit-tested core logic and UI flows
• Clean, scalable project structure aligned with enterprise standards

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Tech Stack

• Framework: Angular v21
• Architecture: Standalone components, feature-based structure
• State Management: Angular Signals with RxJS where appropriate
• Styling: SCSS
• Testing: Vitest (unit testing)
• Localization: Angular built-in i18n (XLIFF)
• Accessibility: WCAG-aligned ARIA practices

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Architecture Overview

App Shell & Layout Architecture

• Persistent application shell (header + sidenav)

• Layout-driven routing with a routed content area

• Responsive navigation patterns:

  • Desktop: fixed sidebar
  • Tablet & Mobile: off-canvas sidenav with overlay

• Clear separation between layout and feature concerns

Feature Areas

• Authentication (Login)
• Users
• Admin
• Roles & Permissions
• Role Details

Shared UI Building Blocks

• app-badge - read-only status indicators
• app-pagination
• app-tabs
• Shared pipes for mapping role and permission codes to human-readable labels

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Architecture Decisions

• Standalone components to simplify dependency boundaries and enable granular composition
• Signals for core state with RxJS only where stream operators add real value
• Feature-first folder structure to keep routing, state, and UI co-located
• Compile-time i18n for reliable RTL and predictable release artifacts
• Accessibility as a design constraint, not a retrofit

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Authentication & Authorization (RBAC)

This project includes a realistic authentication and authorization foundation:

• Authentication state managed using Angular Signals

• Session persistence with safe bootstrap restoration

• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC):

  • Permissions derived from roles
  • Permission-based route protection using canMatch
  • Permission-driven navigation rendering

• Secure-by-default access model (no permission -> no access)

Authorization logic is intentionally centralized to avoid stale or inconsistent permission state.

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Accessibility (A11y)

Accessibility was treated as a first-class requirement, not a retrofit. A full pass was completed across the entire application (login -> role details).

Highlights

• Proper heading hierarchy (h1 per page, no skipped levels)

• Semantic HTML tables with thead, tbody, and scope="col"

• Accessible navigation with aria-current="page"

• ARIA-labeled pagination, tabs, and action buttons

• Keyboard-safe navigation patterns:

  • ESC key handling
  • Focus trapping within overlays
  • Focus restoration on close

• Icons treated as decorative unless interactive

Badges are intentionally presentational-only and kept free of ARIA roles.

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Localization (i18n)

The application uses Angular's built-in i18n with support for:

• English (LTR)
• Arabic (RTL)

Rationale

Compile-time localization was chosen for v1 to prioritize:

• Strong compile-time safety
• Correct RTL behavior
• Simplicity and clarity for an initial production-ready version

Known Trade-offs

• No runtime language switching
• Rebuild required per locale
• Limited scalability for large translation teams

Localized builds are emitted under:

dist/enterprise-dashboard/browser/en/
dist/enterprise-dashboard/browser/ar/

In future iterations, a runtime i18n solution (e.g. Transloco) would be considered for dynamic language switching and improved developer experience.

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Testing Strategy

• Unit tests implemented using Vitest
• Focus on predictable behavior, state transitions, and UI logic
• Tests added alongside features to avoid test debt

Testing is treated as a core quality practice, not an afterthought.

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Local Development Setup

Prerequisites

• Node.js: v24.12.0 (used during development)
• npm: v11.x (as defined in packageManager)
• Angular CLI: v21+

Install dependencies

npm install

Run the application

# Default (English)
npm start

# Arabic (RTL)
npm run start:ar

Optional: after npm run build:localize, you can serve the locale folders with any static server and open /en/ or /ar/ paths to validate the production output.

Build

# Standard build
npm run build

# Production build with localization
npm run build:localize

Testing

npm test

Linting & Formatting

npm run lint
npm run lint:fix
npm run format

Localization workflow

npm run extract-i18n

Translation files are maintained under:

src/locale/

Git Hooks

This project uses Husky + lint-staged to enforce code quality before commits:

• ESLint on staged files
• Prettier for consistent formatting

Hooks are installed automatically via:

npm run prepare

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Future Improvements

Potential next steps:

• Runtime language switching
• Integration testing
• End-to-end (E2E) testing
• Test coverage reporting
• Feature toggles
• Expanded Roles & Permissions CRUD
• Performance profiling & optimization
• Theming support

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Project Intent

This project exists to demonstrate:

• Real-world Angular architecture and patterns
• Role-based access control in frontend applications
• Accessibility-first UI development
• Scalable, maintainable frontend decision-making
• Conscious trade-offs instead of premature over-engineering

It reflects how I approach building production-ready frontend systems in an enterprise environment.