Introducing Angular

Name: Introducing Angular
Author: Michaela Ochnich

Learn the basic structure of an Angular application and how the different Angular classes interact

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This lesson will introduce what Angular is, and why it's a platform worth learning and using for your web apps. Angular is an open-source, front-end development platform that allows developers to build modern web applications. It was built by a team at Google using TypeScript, a language built off of JavaScript that allows you to closely define your data types and helps to catch errors before runtime. It's currently on version 12, and has a major update about every six months. This scheduling helps to keep your application up to date and secure without hindering the development process too much. Angular is most commonly used for web development, and that's what we'll be focusing on in this course. But it is cross-platform, meaning that you can use Angular when creating not only web applications but mobile and desktop applications as well. The framework is based on components, which are smaller pieces of the features and functionality that make up the application. A component could be something like a nav bar, a search bar, or a button. These components are then organized into groups based around the specific feature they help create, and these groups are called modules. This modular approach allows for greater code reusability, which can make your application development easier and quicker. Angular also comes with a wide variety of tools and features that further assist this process, like built-in routing services, reactive forms, or it's two-way data binding. Most other frameworks offer one-way binding. This means that the view is automatically updated based on changes to the model, but not the other way around. With two-way binding changes to the model are reflected in the view, and changes to the view are reflected in the model. All of this synchronization is done by Angular, meaning you don't have to write as many functions to handle all those changes. Between the data binding and application structure Angular is great for building single-page applications. It's able to update pieces of the view as needed, dynamically creating, altering, or removing components from view. All of this can be done without loading a new page, keeping the UI fluid for the end user. Angular also comes packaged with two different testing frameworks. The first, Jasmine, is used to run unit and integration tests, and the second, Protractor, is used to run end-to-end tests. Using these tools to implement testing and continuous integration for your app will help you quickly catch and fix bugs when pushing new updates, saving you tons of time and frustration in the long run. Angular has a large and active community of users creating plenty of resources that can help you when creating your own application. There is component libraries that could save you time designing the UI, tutorials and demos to help you learn something new, or forums where people can help answer specific questions that you may have. With all of these tools Angular is a great framework that helps developers efficiently build highly-scalable web applications, making it popular among individuals and large enterprises alike. Thanks for watching this video on Angular and its benefits, and check out the next video to learn how to install it and get started.

Beginner Provider : Michaela Ochnich 4 Lessons · 14m in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese

Course Description

These lessons introduce the Angular framework and show how to get started with development. You’ll learn how to install the CLI and create a new Angular application. You’ll also learn how different Angular classes interact to build the framework, and about the general project file structure. Finally, you’ll learn about the different online resources that Angular provides to help you as you learn to use the framework.

What You'll Learn

Install the Angular CLI and create a new Angular application
Understand the structure of an Angular application and its project file layout
Explore how different Angular classes interact to build the framework
Identify the online resources Angular provides to support your learning

Key Takeaways

The lessons introduce the Angular framework and show how to get started with development.
You install the CLI and use it to create a new Angular application.
Different Angular classes interact together to build the framework.
Angular provides various online resources to help you as you learn to use the framework.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this course cover?

It introduces the Angular framework and shows how to get started with development, including installing the CLI, creating a new Angular application, how different Angular classes interact, the general project file structure, and the online resources Angular provides.

What will I learn about an Angular application?

You will learn to understand the structure of an Angular application and how the different Angular classes interact.

Which topics are taught in the lessons?

The lessons cover What is Angular?, Installation and setup, Application architecture, and Online resources.

What skills does this course relate to?

It relates to Angular (Web Framework), Angular CLI, Angular Components, Angular Material, Angular UI, and Application Frameworks.