Learning Angular - Second Edition by Pablo Deeleman

Build modern SPAs by learning the latest and powerful features of Angular 5 and TypeScript 2.xKey FeaturesThe best overview of Angular 5 on the market, this guide gathers together everything there is to know about Angular 5 and groups it into intuitive sections.Learn to build, grow and test powerful and scalable mobile and desktop web applications with AngularExplore the latest features of Angular 5 and TypeScript 2.4 by building a complete responsive application from scratch.Deliver seamless web navigation experiences with application routing and state handling common features with easeThe author has done all the hard work of fitting everything Angular 5 means for developers, making this book the quickest way to learn Angular 5 from scratch.Book DescriptionThe latest version of Angular comes with a lot of new features that help you to make your applications smaller and faster. This book will show you how to set up an Angular project, and youll build Angular components right from the beginning.Moving on, youll explore and work with the components to build your app. Next, youll find out more about TypeScript and see how to use it to build apps in the best way possible. Youll then be introduced to the building blocks - Properties, Events, Directives, and Pipes - and how it can be used to implement and enhance the components.Additionally, youll be using Angular components to organize your components in a scalable way. Then youll understand how to get data in your app and add navigation to it. Furthermore, youll deep dive and work with Forms, Authentication, and see how Material design will help you make your app beautiful in just a few short lines of code. Lastly, youll see how to use animating components with Angular, and test and debug the app.All in all, the overall mission is to give you a great start when developing apps using Angular and TypeScript.What you will learnSet up the workspace and the project using webpack and Angular-CliExplore the features of TypeScript and organize the code in ES6 modulesWork with HTTP and Data Services and understand how data can flow in the appCreate multiple views and learn how to navigate between themMake the app beautiful by adding Material DesignImplement two different types of form handling and its validationAdd animation to some standard events such as route change, initialization, data load, and so onDiscover how to bulletproof your applications by introducing smart unit testing techniques and debugging toolsWho This Book Is ForThis book is for web developers who want to build the next generation of state-of-the-art mobile and desktop web applications with Angular. This book does not require you to have prior exposure to either Angular 1.x, 2 or 4, although comprehensive knowledge of JavaScript is assumed.Table of ContentsCreating Our First Component in AngularIDEs and PluginsIntroducing TypeScriptImplementing Properties and Events in Our ComponentsEnhancing our components with Pipes and DirectivesBuilding an Application with Angular ComponentsAsynchronous Data Services with AngularFirebaseRoutingForms in AngularAngular MaterialAnimating Components with AngularUnit testingAppendix I - SystemJSApendix II - Webpack with Angular