Mastering Web Application Development with AngularJS

Build single-page web applications using the power of AngularJS

Overview

• Make the most out of AngularJS by understanding the AngularJS philosophy and applying it to real life development tasks
• Effectively structure, write, test, and finally deploy your application
• Add security and optimization features to your AngularJS applications
• Harness the full power of AngularJS by creating your own directives
• Full of solutions to real life problems, with clear explanations of the more sophisticated AngularJS concepts

In Detail

AngularJS is an open-source JavaScript framework. Its goal is to develop MVC-based web applications and reduce the amount of JavaScript needed to make web applications functional.

The book will take the reader through the workflow of building an AngularJS app.

Throughout the process of app creation, we will have a look at the different interaction points between design and development and the readers will learn how AngularJS helps both roles to build an application that works well, as well as how to create clean and maintainable front end markup and code.

What you will learn from this book

• Use AngularJS DOM-based templating effectively and learn how it differs from other frameworks
• Query and modify data in various backends and become proficient with the promise API
• Quickly create complex forms, taking full advantage of the 2-way data binding
• Introduce navigation in your web application by relaying on the HTML5 History API
• Manage dependencies with the AngularJS module and the Dependency Injection systems
• Localize your web application to prepare it for an international audience
• Secure your web application from unauthorized users
• Build a variety of AngularJS directives: widgets, validators, and wrapping 3rd party plugins
• Gain a deep understanding of the AngularJS compiler to build even more sophisticated directives
• Unit test AngularJS-specific JavaScript code using the Jasmine BDD testing framework
• Structure your web application by organizing it into a meaningful and flexible directory structure

Approach

This book will be a step-by-step guide showing the readers how to build a complete web app with AngularJS.

Who this book is written for

This book will be most useful to developers who are evaluating or have decided to use AngularJS for a real life project. You should have some prior exposure to AngularJS, at least through basic examples. We assume that you’ve got working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Angular Zen
Chapter 2: Building and Testing
Chapter 3: Communicating with a Back-end Server
Chapter 4: Displaying and Formatting Data
Chapter 5: Creating Advanced Forms
Chapter 6: Organizing Navigation
Chapter 7: Securing Your Application
Chapter 8: Building Your Own Directives
Chapter 9: Building Advanced Directives
Chapter 10: Building AngularJS Web Applications for an International Audience
Chapter 11: Writing Robust AngularJS Web Applications
Chapter 12: Packaging and Deploying AngularJS Web Applications