Description

About This Book

From the writer of the bestselling AngularJS Web Application Development Cookbook, Angular 2 Cookbook is the newest edition of Packt’s Angular cookbook series.

Book Features

70+ extensive examples: Each recipe provides you with strategies to face every challenge in Angular 2 head on
All code from the latest version: Covers no legacy material from the outdated Angular release candidates; all code up-to-date with the latest release of Angular 4.0
Webpack application organization: Includes instructions on how to build applications with Webpack, SystemJS, and Angular CLI
Companion website links: Each recipe provides a unique URL on the book’s companion website; the page includes links to a case in point on Plunker, the recipe’s source code on GitHub, and more than a few related resources. The companion website has no login, and is free to use.
Immediately experiment with working code: Almost every recipe in the book has a link on the companion site to a working Plunker. Visit the link and start experimenting with Angular 2 right away – no setup or installation required.
Step-by-step examples: All the code in the book is explicitly written out, and every piece of code shown is a step towards building a simple case in point. Syntax, design decisions, and refactoring are all fully explained in each recipe.

Major Topics Covered In Depth:

Upgrading from Angular 1 to Angular 2
Components
Directives
Template-Driven Forms
Reactive Forms
Promises
RxJS Observables
Angular 2 Component Router
Services
Dependency Injection
Angular 2 Modules with NgModule
TypeScript Setup and Compilation
SystemJS Application Setup
Webpack Application Setup
Angular CLI Application Setup
Unit Testing with Karma and Jasmine
End-to-End Testing with Protractor
NgZone
Angular 2 Renderer
Ahead-of-Time (AOT) Compilation
Lazy Loaded Applications

Who This Book Is For

This book is for developers who are competent with JavaScript and need to dive headfirst into the TypeScript edition of Angular 2. This book is also geared towards developers with experience in Angular 1 who need to make the transition.

In Detail

Angular 2 introduces an entirely new way to build applications. It wholly embraces the entire newest concepts that are built into the next generation of browsers, and it cuts away the entire fat and bloat from Angular 1. This book plunges directly into the heart of the entire most important Angular 2 concepts so that you can conquer. Along with covering the entire Angular 2 fundamentals, such as components, forms, and products and services, it demonstrates how the framework embraces a range of new web technologies such as ES6 and TypeScript syntax, Promises, Observables, and Web Workers, among many others.

This book covers the entire most complicated Angular concepts and at the same time introduces the best practices with which to wield these powerful tools. It also covers in detail the entire concepts you’ll be able to wish to get you building applications faster. Oft-neglected topics such as testing and performance optimization are widely covered as well. A developer that reads through the entire content in this book will have a broad and deep understanding of the entire major topics in the Angular 2 universe.