Memory leaks occur when components retain references to objects after unmounting, causing memory consumption to grow and application performance to degrade over time. As the creator of CoreUI, a widely used open-source UI library, I’ve debugged and prevented memory leaks in Vue applications throughout my 11 years of frontend development. The most systematic approach is properly cleaning up event listeners, timers, watchers, and subscriptions in onBeforeUnmount lifecycle hook. This method ensures components release resources when destroyed, preventing memory accumulation during navigation and preventing browser slowdowns in long-running applications.

Handling memory leaks in Angular requires proper subscription management, event listener cleanup, and component lifecycle awareness. As the creator of CoreUI with over 12 years of Angular experience since 2014, I’ve identified and fixed memory leaks in numerous enterprise applications. Angular memory leaks commonly occur from unsubscribed observables, unremoved event listeners, and retained component references. This approach ensures applications remain performant with stable memory usage even during extended sessions.

Properly unsubscribing from observables is crucial for preventing memory leaks and ensuring optimal performance in Angular applications. As the creator of CoreUI, a widely used open-source UI library, I’ve implemented subscription cleanup patterns in countless Angular enterprise applications and admin dashboards. From my 25 years of experience in web development and 11 years with Angular, the most effective approach is to use the takeUntil operator with a destroy subject pattern. This method provides automatic cleanup and prevents common memory leak issues.

The ngOnDestroy lifecycle hook in Angular is essential for cleaning up resources when components are destroyed to prevent memory leaks and ensure optimal application performance. As the creator of CoreUI with over 11 years of Angular development experience, I implement ngOnDestroy in every component that has subscriptions, timers, or event listeners. This hook is called just before Angular destroys the component, making it the perfect place for cleanup operations.