Introduction to Angular ( 1 of 7 )

Overview

Time: 5min

The goal of this module is to get an overview of what Angular is, why to use it and to get an overview of the 8 main parts of Angular.

Learning Outcomes: (What we want to know/understand)

• Understand what Angular is
• Understand why to use Angular
• Know the 8 main parts of an Angular application
• Know when Angular will be ready. Know when it is time to start building Angular applications

Watch 'Angular in 15 Minutes'

Time: 15min

Watch our quick intro to Angular video

Additional Resources

Time: 15min

Relevant SSW Rules

• Rules to Getting Started with Angular
• Do you know how to get your machine setup?
• Do you know the best free resources for Angular?

Further Reading

• The official Angular docs
• FireBootCamp - Angular Free Resources

Summary

Time: 5min

In the video we covered each of the items below:

1. What is Angular?

• Angular is a development platform for building mobile and desktop web applications.
• It's a JavaScript framework that provides Templating & Databinding, Routing, DI, Unit Testing, Dynamic Loading

2. Why use Angular?

• Google says: Fast, Mobile, Flexible
• We say: Happy Devs, Happy Users, Happy Business
• You get: Great Performance, Cleaner Code, High Adoption, Cross Platform, TypeScript

3. What are the 8 Main Parts of Angular?

• Module
• Component
• Template
• Metadata
• Data Binding
• Services
• Directives
• Dependency Injection

4. We saw how to build a very simple Angular application
5. We learned that the Angular team believes that the product is ready to start building production applications on today