AngularJS is an open source web application framework. It was originally developed in 2009 by Misko Hevery and Adam Abrons. It is now maintained by Google. Its latest version is 1.4.3.

Definition of AngularJS as put by its official documentation is as follows −

AngularJS is a structural framework for dynamic web apps. It lets you use HTML as your template language and lets you extend HTML’s syntax to express your application’s components clearly and succinctly. Angular’s data binding and dependency injection eliminate much of the code you currently have to write. And it all happens within the browser, making it an ideal partner with any server technology.

Features

AngularJS is a powerful JavaScript based development framework to create RICH Internet Application(RIA).
AngularJS provides developers options to write client side application (using JavaScript) in a clean MVC(Model View Controller) way.
Application written in AngularJS is cross-browser compliant. AngularJS automatically handles JavaScript code suitable for each browser.
AngularJS is open source, completely free, and used by thousands of developers around the world. It is licensed under the Apache License version 2.0.

Overall, AngularJS is a framework to build large scale and high-performance web application while keeping them as easy-to-maintain.

Core Features

Following are most important core features of AngularJS −

Data-binding − It is the automatic synchronization of data between model and view components.
Scope − These are objects that refer to the model. They act as a glue between controller and view.
Controller − These are JavaScript functions that are bound to a particular scope.
Services − AngularJS come with several built-in services for example $https: to make a XMLHttpRequests. These are singleton objects which are instantiated only once in app.
Filters − These select a subset of items from an array and returns a new array.
Directives − Directives are markers on DOM elements (such as elements, attributes, css, and more). These can be used to create custom HTML tags that serve as new, custom widgets. AngularJS has built-in directives (ngBind, ngModel…)
Templates − These are the rendered view with information from the controller and model. These can be a single file (like index.html) or multiple views in one page using “partials”.
Routing − It is concept of switching views.
Model View Whatever − MVC is a design pattern for dividing an application into different parts (called Model, View and Controller), each with distinct responsibilities. AngularJS does not implement MVC in the traditional sense, but rather something closer to MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel). The Angular JS team refers it humorously as Model View Whatever.
Deep Linking − Deep linking allows you to encode the state of application in the URL so that it can be bookmarked. The application can then be restored from the URL to the same state.
Dependency Injection − AngularJS has a built-in dependency injection subsystem that helps the developer by making the application easier to develop, understand, and test.

Concepts

Following diagram depicts some important parts of AngularJS which we will discuss in detail in the subsequent Sections.

Advantages of AngularJS

AngularJS provides capability to create Single Page Application in a very clean and maintainable way.
AngularJS provides data binding capability to HTML thus giving user a rich and responsive experience
AngularJS code is unit testable.
AngularJS uses dependency injection and make use of separation of concerns.
AngularJS provides reusable components.
With AngularJS, developer write less code and get more functionality.
In AngularJS, views are pure html pages, and controllers written in JavaScript do the business processing.

On top of everything, AngularJS applications can run on all major browsers and smart phones including Android and iOS-based phones/tablets.

Disadvantages of AngularJS

Though AngularJS comes with lots of plus points but same time we should consider the following points −

Not Secure − Being JavaScript only framework, application written in AngularJS are not safe. Server side authentication and authorization is must to keep an application secure.
Not degradable − If your application user disables JavaScript then user will just see the basic page and nothing more.

The AngularJS Components

The AngularJS framework can be divided into following three major parts −

ng-app − This directive defines and links an AngularJS application to HTML.
ng-model − This directive binds the values of AngularJS application data to HTML input controls.
ng-bind − This directive binds the AngularJS Application data to HTML tags.

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Introduction to Angular

Introduction to Angular
Comparison between front-end tools
Angular Architecture
Building blocks of Angular
Angular Installation
Angular CLI
Angular CLI commands
Angular Modules

Angular Components and Data Binding

Working of Angular Applications
Angular App Bootstrapping
Angular Components
Creating A Component Through Angular CLI
Ways to specify selectors
Template and styles
Installing bootstrap to design application
Data Binding
Types of Data Binding
Component Interaction using @Input and @Output decorator
Angular Animations

TypeScript

What is TypeScript
Need of TypeScript
How to install TypeScript
Nodemon for monitoring changes
Interfaces in Class, String Templates, Maps,
Sets and Object Restructuring

Directives and Pipes in Angular

Angular Directives
@Component Directive
Structural Directives
Attribute Directives
Custom Directives
Pipes
Built-in Pipes
Chaining pipes
Custom pipes
Pipe Transform Interface & Transform Function
Pure and Impure pipes

Angular Services and Dependency Injection

Angular service
Need for a service
Dependency Injection
Creating a service
Hierarchical Injector
Injecting A Service into Another Service
Observables
RxJS Library
Angular’s Interaction with Backend
Parts of an Http Request
HttpClient

Forms in Angular

Forms in Angular
What are their functions
Advantages of Forms
Various Types of Forms
What is Angular Validation and Model driven approach

Angular Routing

Angular Routing
Angular Routing benefits and features
Building a single page application and updating it dynamically with Angular Routing
What is Parameter Routing
Router Lifecycle Hooks and Child Routes

Authentication and Security in Angular

What is Authentication?
Authentication and authorization
Types of Authentication
Where to store tokens?
JSON Web Tokens (JWT)
Authentication in Angular application
Security threats in web application

Testing Angular applications

Testing of Angular applications
Deployment of Angular Test Bed for testing on Angular framework
Setup of various tools for testing
Testing services in Angular Framework
E2E and Document Object Model testing

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