Practical Angular 2 Book
Practical Angular 2 Book
With Node/npm, Typescript, SystemJS and Visual Studio Code
About the Book
This books shows all the steps necessary for the development of SPA (Single Page Application) applications with the brand new Angular 2 (still in beta). With this book you will learn:
- Complete guide to TypeScript
- Use of the new Visual Studio Code IDE
- How to create a project in Angular 2
- Understand how the SystemJS imports works
- Components
- Events
- Modules
- Services
- Template System
- Using HTTP to connect to a server
- Bonus:
- How to install and work with Node/NPM
- How to work with MongoDB via mongolab
- How to create a complete ReSTful server with Express
- Final example code in github
- Final example with login using JSON Web Token
This book still doesn't addresses the migration from Angular 1 to Angular 2. A new chapter will be added when Angular 2 is officially launched.
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Table of Contents
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1. Introduction
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1.1 Prerequisites
- 1.1.1 Node
- 1.1.2 Web server
- 1.1.3 The package.json file
- 1.1.4 Text editors and IDEs
- 1.2 Besides Javascript
- 1.3 TypeScript
- 1.4 Source code
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1.1 Prerequisites
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2. TypeScript
- 2.1 Installing TypeScript
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2.2 Using Visual Studio Code
- 2.2.1 Detecting changes
- 2.2.2 Debugging Visual Studio Code
- 2.2.3 Debug on the browser
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2.3 Types
- 2.3.1 Basic types
- 2.3.2 Arrays
- 2.3.3 Enum
- 2.3.4 Any
- 2.3.5 Void
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2.4 Classes
- 2.4.1 Constructor
- 2.4.2 Method and properties visibility
- 2.5 Inheritance
- 2.6 Accessors (get/set)
- 2.7 Static Methods
- 2.8 Interfaces
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2.9 Functions
- 2.9.1 Default value
- 2.9.2 Optional parameter
- 2.10 Rest parameters
- 2.11 Parameters in JSON format
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2.12 Modules
- 2.12.1 Example with Systemjs
- 2.12.2 Hiding js e map files on VSCode
- 2.12.3 Using SystemJS
- 2.13 Decorators (or annotation)
- 2.14 Conclusion
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3. Let’s practice
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3.1 AngularBase Project
- 3.1.1 Setting up the project
- 3.1.2 Setting up the TypeScript compilation
- 3.1.3 Creating the first Angular 2 component
- 3.1.4 Creating the ngModule
- 3.1.5 Creating the bootstrap
- 3.1.6 Creating an HTML file
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3.2 Creating a playlist
- 3.2.1 Initial file structure
- 3.2.2 Creating the application settings file
- 3.2.3 Adding the bootstrap
- 3.2.4 Creating the Video class
- 3.2.5 Creating a simple video list
- 3.2.6 Creating child components
- 3.2.7 Formatting the template
- 3.2.8 Passing values between components
- 3.2.9 Selecting a video
- 3.2.10 Events
- 3.2.11 Event Bubbling
- 3.2.12 Showing the video details
- 3.2.13 Editing the selected video data
- 3.2.14 Editing the title
- 3.2.15 Creating a new item
- 3.2.16 Some considerations
- 3.3 Creating Components
- 3.4 Hierarchical components
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3.1 AngularBase Project
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4. Some theory
- 4.1 Overview
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4.2 Module
- 4.2.1 Library Module
- 4.3 ngModule
- 4.4 Component
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4.5 Template
- 4.5.1 Interpolation (Using {{ }})
- 4.5.2 Template Expressions
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4.6 Property Bind
- 4.6.1 Loops
- 4.6.2 Pipes (Operator |)
- 4.7 Metadata (annotation)
- 4.8 Service
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4.9 Dependency injection
- 4.9.1 Using the @Injectable()
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5. Forms
- 5.1 Creating the base project
- 5.2 Using the ngControl
- 5.3 Showing an error message
- 5.4 Disabling the submit button of the form
- 5.5 Submitting the form
- 5.6 Controlling the form visibility
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6. Connecting to a server
- 6.1 Creating the project
- 6.2 ngModule
- 6.3 Using the Http class
- 6.4 Using services
- 6.5 Organizing the project
- 6.6 User model
- 6.7 User service
- 6.8 Changing the AppComponent component
- 6.9 Submitting data
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7. Routes
- 7.1 Applying AngularRoutes
- 7.2 Splitting the application in smaller parts
- 7.3 Creating the area where the components will be created
- 7.4 Setting up the Router
- 7.5 Creating route links
- 7.6 Passing parameters
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8. Final example - Server
- 8.1 Creating the RESTful server
- 8.2 The MongoDB data base
- 8.3 Creating the project
- 8.4 The project structure
- 8.5 Setting up the MondoDB models
- 8.6 Setting up the Express server
- 8.7 Testing the server
- 8.8 Testing the API without Angular
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9. Final Example - Client application
- 9.1 First files
- 9.2 The base template for the application
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9.3 Implementing the routing
- 9.3.1 Creating the components
- 9.3.2 Setting up the @RouteConfig
- 9.3.3 Setting up the menu
- 9.3.4 Setting up the router-outlet
- 9.4 Showing Posts
- 9.5 Login
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9.6 Services
- 9.6.1 LoginService
- 9.6.2 UserService
- 9.6.3 HeadersService
- 9.7 Connecting to the server
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9.8 Posts
- 9.8.1 PostService
- 9.9 Refactoring the home screen
- 9.10 Conclusion
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10. Using Sublime Text
- 10.1 Installation
- 10.2 Adding support to TypeScript language
- 10.3 Automating the TypeScript build
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11. Publishing the App in a Cloud Server
- 11.1 Creating a new account on Digital Ocean
- 11.2 Creating the droplet (server)
- 11.3 Setting up the SSH access
- 11.4 Creating the user
- 11.5 Installing git
- 11.6 Installing Node
- 11.7 Installing nginx
- 11.8 Installing Node modules
- 11.9 Recompiling the TypeScript files
- 11.10 First test
- 11.11 Integration between nginx and node
- 11.12 Some considerations about node+nginx
- 11.13 Domain
- 11.14 Conclusion
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