Angular 2
Orden por pipa

Introducción

El tubo

La implementación de Pipe

import {Pipe, PipeTransform} from '@angular/core';

@Pipe({
  name: 'orderBy',
  pure: false
})
export class OrderBy implements PipeTransform {

  value:string[] =[];

  static _orderByComparator(a:any, b:any):number{

    if(a === null || typeof a === 'undefined') a = 0;
    if(b === null || typeof b === 'undefined') b = 0;

    if((isNaN(parseFloat(a)) || !isFinite(a)) || (isNaN(parseFloat(b)) || !isFinite(b))){
      //Isn't a number so lowercase the string to properly compare
      if(a.toLowerCase() < b.toLowerCase()) return -1;
      if(a.toLowerCase() > b.toLowerCase()) return 1;
    }else{
      //Parse strings as numbers to compare properly
      if(parseFloat(a) < parseFloat(b)) return -1;
      if(parseFloat(a) > parseFloat(b)) return 1;
    }

    return 0; //equal each other
  }

  transform(input:any, config:string = '+'): any{

    //make a copy of the input's reference
    this.value = [...input];
    let value = this.value;

    if(!Array.isArray(value)) return value;

    if(!Array.isArray(config) || (Array.isArray(config) && config.length === 1)){
      let propertyToCheck:string = !Array.isArray(config) ? config : config[0];
      let desc = propertyToCheck.substr(0, 1) === '-';

      //Basic array
      if(!propertyToCheck || propertyToCheck === '-' || propertyToCheck === '+'){
        return !desc ? value.sort() : value.sort().reverse();
      }else {
        let property:string = propertyToCheck.substr(0, 1) === '+' || propertyToCheck.substr(0, 1) === '-'
          ? propertyToCheck.substr(1)
          : propertyToCheck;

        return value.sort(function(a:any,b:any){
          return !desc
            ? OrderBy._orderByComparator(a[property], b[property])
            : -OrderBy._orderByComparator(a[property], b[property]);
        });
      }
    } else {
      //Loop over property of the array in order and sort
      return value.sort(function(a:any,b:any){
        for(let i:number = 0; i < config.length; i++){
          let desc = config[i].substr(0, 1) === '-';
          let property = config[i].substr(0, 1) === '+' || config[i].substr(0, 1) === '-'
            ? config[i].substr(1)
            : config[i];

          let comparison = !desc
            ? OrderBy._orderByComparator(a[property], b[property])
            : -OrderBy._orderByComparator(a[property], b[property]);

          //Don't return 0 yet in case of needing to sort by next property
          if(comparison !== 0) return comparison;
        }

        return 0; //equal each other
      });
    }
  }
}

Cómo usar la tubería en el HTML - orden ascendente por nombre

<table>
   <thead>
    <tr>
     <th>First Name</th>
     <th>Last Name</th>
    <th>Age</th>
    </tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
   <tr *ngFor="let user of users | orderBy : ['firstName']>
       <td>{{user.firstName}}</td>
       <td>{{user.lastName}}</td>
       <td>{{user.age}}</td>
   </tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Cómo usar la tubería en el HTML - orden descendente por nombre

<table>
   <thead>
    <tr>
     <th>First Name</th>
     <th>Last Name</th>
    <th>Age</th>
    </tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
   <tr *ngFor="let user of users | orderBy : ['-firstName']>
       <td>{{user.firstName}}</td>
       <td>{{user.lastName}}</td>
       <td>{{user.age}}</td>
   </tr>
</tbody>
</table>