Developing an AngularJS Edge

by Christopher Hiller

AngularJS is a JavaScript framework that can help you write web applications quickly using less code. AngularJS is not a library; it is not a collection of tools to help you achieve a specific goal. Rather, at its core, it is an entirely different way of thinking about writing web applications. As such, AngularJS has certain opinions about how you should be using it. Whereas in the vanilla JS world, you are given a blank canvas on which to paint, AngularJS provides structure, organization and patterns. In order to master AngularJS, you must understand how to adhere to its guidelines and why the guidelines exist in the first place.This book is intended for intermediate JavaScript programmers. No attempt has been made to explain the JavaScript syntax used (except in the cases where AngularJS may introduce a peculiarity), nor do we explain concepts such as closures, function chaining, callbacks, or other common patterns.What we do explain are basic AngularJS concepts, components, and their applications. We provide examples along the way, answer questions, and correct common misconceptions. Together, we’ll build a working single-page weblog application using AngularJS, which will help you become proficient with using AngularJS to go out and create your own applications.

160 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 26, 2013

Reviews

[Ruxo Zheng · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've been using AngularJS half a year and this is my first AngularJS book I read to consolidate my knowledge. However, the book is quite disappointed. There is no book's introduction that giving an insight of who should be its audience.. My recommend is the audience should have been using AngularJS before reading, otherwise you'll be completely lost. The topics in each chapter are broken. There is little connections between one topic to another and you will often need to imagine the context the author is representing. The writing style is mixed between cookbook and narrative, but without focusing on the audience, the author often jumps into a new context without explanation.. and this, to me, is more like a diary rather than a book.

Despite the bad representation style, the book covers all features AngularJS has and the author also puts many interesting example of each feature. The book is not completely waste, but it could have been better made.

[Shay Cohen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Most educating. good tutorials on unit-testing. not for beginners.