Instant AngularJS Starter

A concise guide to start building dynamic web applications with AngularJS, one of the Web's most innovative JavaScript frameworks

Overview

• Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
• Take a broad look at the capabilities of AngularJS, with in-depth analysis of its key features.
• See how to build a structured MVC-style application that will scale gracefully in real-world applications.
• Examine how popular features are implemented in AngularJS, such as templating, data binding, and dependency injection.
• Explore features unique to AngularJS such as modules and directives.
• Analyze dozens of detailed code samples, then use them to bootstrap your next project.

In Detail

AngularJS is a Javascript framework designed by engineers at Google to help people like you and me build powerful, dynamic web applications with ease. It’s fast, efficient, and highly customizable — perfect for any project.

"Instant AngularJS Starter" is designed to get you ramped up on AngularJS as quickly and efficiently as possible. By the end of this book, you’ll possess all the knowledge you need to make full-featured, real-life applications with AngularJS. The code samples are reusable, and specifically intended to give you a head start on your next project.

This book will transform your curiosity about AngularJS into a set of production-ready AngularJS skills, through a broad overview of the framework and deep dives into its key features..

You’ll start with basic AngularJS syntax, and then jump head-first into a life-sized example of how to build scalable AngularJS applications. With a foundational understanding of AngularJS in place, you’ll learn about its advanced features in depth, one by one, until you’ve mastered them all.

Before you know it, "Instant AngularJS Starter" will have you ramped up on AngularJS and back to building cutting-edge applications for the web, faster and more effectively than ever.

What you will learn from this book

• Understand how AngularJS is different from other Javascript frameworks
• Familiarize yourself with AngularJS syntax
• Build a scalable, MVC-style application architecture that you can use for future projects
• Examine how templates are commonly used in AngularJS
• Get to know the ins and outs of two-way data binding
• Analyze modules, and what AngularJS does behind the scenes
• See how dependency injection works under the hood
• Master directives — the most powerful feature of AngularJS
• Discover popular online resources and communities

Approach

Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks. This book is written in an easy-to-read style, with a strong emphasis on real-world, practical examples. Step-by-step explanations are provided for performing important tasks.

Who this book is written for

This book is for web developers familiar with Javascript.

It doesn't cover the history of AngularJS, and it's not a pitch to convince you that AngularJS is the best framework on the entire web. It's a guide to help you learn everything you need to know about AngularJS in as few pages and with as many examples as possible.