Learning Angular A no-nonsense guide to building web applications with Angular, 4th Edition

Build your first production-grade web applications from scratch with Angular with the help of expert guidance and step-by-step explanations.

Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.

Key Features

Learn the fundamentals of Angular 15 to build web applications

Explore the basics of Angular development, from components and templates to forms, routing, and services

Discover best practices for building, deploying, debugging, and testing Angular applications

Book Description

As Angular continues to r as one of the top javascript frameworks, more developers are seeking out the best way to get started with this extraordinarily flexible and secure framework. Learning Angular, now in its fourth edition, will show you how you can use it to achieve cross-platform high performance with the latest web techniques, extensive integration with modern web standards, and integrated development environments (IDEs).

The book is especially useful for those new to Angular and will help you to get to grips with the bare bones of the framework to start developing Angular apps. You'll learn how to develop apps by harnessing the power of the Angular command-line interface (CLI), write unit tests, style your apps by following the Material Design guidelines, and finally, deploy them to a hosting provider.

Updated for Angular 15, this new edition covers lots of new features and tutorials that address the current frontend web development challenges. You'll find a new dedicated chapter on observables and RxJS, more on error handling and debugging in Angular, and new real-life examples.

By the end of this book, you'll not only be able to create Angular applications with TypeScript from scratch, but also enhance your coding skills with best practices.

What you will learn

Use the Angular CLI to scaffold, build, and deploy a new Angular application

Build components, the basic building blocks of an Angular application

Discover new Angular Material components such as Google Maps, YouTube, and multi-select dropdowns

Understand the different types of templates supported by Angular

Create HTTP data services to access APIs and provide data to components

Learn how to build Angular apps without modules in Angular 15.x with standalone APIs

Improve your debugging and error handling skills during run and development

Who this book is for

This book is for javascript and full-stack developers dipping their feet first in the world of frontend development with Angular, as well as those migrating to the Angular framework to build professional web applications. You'll need prior exposure javascript and a solid foundation in the basics of web programming before you get started with this book.

Table of Contents

Building Your First Angular Application

Introduction to TypeScript

Organizing Application into Modules

Enabling User Experience with Components

Enrich Applications Using Pipes and Directives

Managing Complex Tasks with Services

Being Reactive Using Observables and RxJS

Communicating with Data Services over HTTP

Navigate through Application with Routing

Collecting User Data with Forms

Introduction to Angular Material