Issue creation and updates

We make use of ReactiveFormsModule to build the form for adding and updating an issue. The IssueAddComponent is loaded when the route changes to the /issues/create URL. During the initialization of the component, the list of users is fetched for whom an issue can be assigned. The form presents a label and description that needs to be filled mandatorily, along with the selected user from the dropdown for assigning the issue. For simplicity and understanding, the add and edit forms are kept mostly the same, the only difference being that the IssueEditComponent form allows for deleting an existing issue as well:

IMS app issue add components reactive form with debug information

Reactive forms

Here's how we construct our reactive form for the issue. The following code snippet is the same for IssueAddComponent and IssueEditComponent, which is used to build the form group for an issue:

//Within the class body
users: User[]; // drop down list of users
public issueForm: FormGroup...