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by Aristeidis Bampakos (Author), Bonnie Brennan (Foreword by), Pablo Deeleman (Foreword by)
Learn frontend development the Angular way - build your first production-grade web applications from scratch in 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:
- Explore the basics of Angular development, from components and templates to forms, routing, and services
- Get up to speed with the new paradigms modern Angular brings, including standalone APIs, new control flow syntax, Signals, and server-side rendering (SSR)
- Discover best practices for building, deploying, debugging, and testing Angular applications
Book Description:
Angular is an extremely fast, cross-platform JavaScript framework loved by millions. Learning Angular is a comprehensive introduction to the framework from an experienced Angular developer and Google Developer Expert. You'll learn the Angular way of development as you build a real-world app from the ground up.
Updated for Angular 19, this fifth edition tackles landmark changes in Angular after the "Angular Renaissance". It covers app creation with standalone components, Angular Signals, and the new control flow syntax, while acknowledging differences in approach in older Angular code. You'll also find a brand-new chapter on optimizing performance with SSR and hydration, as well as revamped content on TypeScript.
Angular developers of all experience levels will benefit from this book. It is especially useful if you are new to Angular, as it will help you get to grips with the bare bones of the framework.
By the end of this book, you'll be able to create Angular applications with TypeScript from scratch and apply best practices in any Angular codebase.
What You Will Learn:
- Use the Angular CLI to scaffold, build, and deploy new Angular applications
- Create Angular applications using standalone APIs
- Build rich components with Angular template syntax
- Apply reactivity patterns with the RxJS library and Signals
- Craft beautiful user interfaces using Angular Material
- Create HTTP data services to access APIs and provide data to components
- Improve your debugging and error handling skills during runtime and development
- Optimize application performance with SSR and hydration techniques
Who this book is for:
This book is for JavaScript developers and web developers dipping their feet for the first time in the world of frontend development with Angular, as well as those migrating to the Angular framework to build professional web applications. Current Angular developers looking to catch up with modern Angular will also find this book useful.
You'll need prior exposure to 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
- Structuring User Interfaces with Components
- Enriching Applications Using Pipes and Directives
- Managing Complex Tasks with Services
- Reactive Patterns in Angular
- Tracking Application State with Signals
- Communicating with Data Services over HTTP
- Navigating through Applications with Routing
- Collecting User Data with Forms
- Handling Application Errors
- Introduction to Angular Material
- Unit Testing Angular Applications
- Bringing Applications to Production
- Optimizing Application Performance
