Learning angularJS

Learning AngularJS

Get started with AngularJS web development fast

AngularJS is one of the most exciting and innovative new technologies emerging in the world of web development. Designed to simplify the development and testing of web applications, it also provides structure for the entire development process.

Websites are no longer simple static content–instead, websites have become much more dynamic, with a single page often serving as the entire site or application. And AngularJS allows web developers to build the necessary programming logic for such applications directly into a web page, binding the data model for the client web application to backend services and databases. AngularJS also allows the extension of HTML so that the UI design logic can be expressed easily in an HTML template file.

Learning AngularJS shows you how to create powerful, interactive web applications that have a well-structured, reusable code base that will be easy to maintain. You’ll also learn how to leverage AngularJS’s innovative MVC approach to implement well-designed and well-structured web pages and web applications.

• Understand how AngularJS is organized and learn best practices for designing AngularJS applications
• Find out how to define modules and utilize dependency injection
• Quickly build AngularJS templates with built-in directives that enhance the user experience
• Bind UI elements to your data model, so changes to your model and UI occur automatically in tandem
• Define custom AngularJS directives that extend HTML
• Implement zoomable images, expandable lists, and other rich UI components
• Implement client-side services that interact with web servers
• Build dynamic browser views to provide even richer user interaction
• Create custom services you can easily reuse
• Design unit and end-to-end tests for AngularJS applications

• • Setting Up a JavaScript Development Environment Using Node.js 
  • Defining Variables
  • Understanding JavaScript Data Types
  • Using Operators
  • Implementing Looping
  • Creating Functions
  • Understanding Variable Scope
  • Using JavaScript Objects
  • Manipulating Strings
  • Working with Arrays
  • Adding Error Handling

• • Why AngularJS?
  • Understanding AngularJS
  • An Overview of the AngularJS Life Cycle
  • Separation of Responsibilities
  • Integrating AngularJS with Existing JavaScript and jQuery
  • Adding AngularJS to Your Environment
  • Bootstrapping AngularJS in an HTML Document
  • Using the Global APIs
  • Creating a Basic AngularJS Application
  • Using jQuery or jQuery Lite in AngularJS Applications

• • Looking at Modules and Dependency Injection
  • Defining an AngularJS Module Object
  • Creating Providers in AngularJS Modules
  • Implementing Providers and Dependency Injection
  • Applying Configuration and Run Blocks to Modules

• • Understanding Scopes
  • Implementing Scope Hierarchy

• • Understanding Templates
  • Using Expressions
  • Using Filters
  • Creating Custom Filters

• • Understanding Directives
  • Using Built-in Directives

• • Understanding Custom Directive Definitions
  • Implementing Custom Directives

• • Browser Events
  • User Interaction Events
  • Adding $watches to Track Scope Change Events
  • Emitting and Broadcasting Custom Events

• • Understanding AngularJS Services
  • Using the Built-in Services
  • Using the $q Service to Provide Deferred Responses

• • Understanding Custom AngularJS Services
  • Integrating Custom Services into Your AngularJS Applications

• • Building a Tabbed View
  • Implementing Draggable and Droppable Elements 204 Adding a Zoom View Field to Images
  • Implementing Expandable and Collapsible Elements
  • Adding Star Ratings to Elements

• • Deciding on a Testing Platform
  • Understanding AngularJS Unit Tests
  • Understanding AngularJS End-to-End Testing

Brad Dayley is a senior software engineer with over 20 years of experience developing enterprise applications and Web interfaces. He has a passion for new technologies, especially ones that really make a difference in the software industry. He has used JavaScript, jQuery, and AngularJS for years and is the author of Node.js, MongoDB and AngularJS Web Development (Addison-Wesley Professional), jQuery and JavaScript Phrasebook (Addison-Wesley Professional), and Sams Teach Yourself jQuery and JavaScript in 24 Hours (Sams Publishing). He has designed and implemented a wide array of applications and services from application servers to complex 2.0 web interfaces.