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Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2016

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781785882340

Length 124 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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JavaScript

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Angular

Concepts

Front End Web Development

Authors (2):

Nir Kaufman

Thierry Templier Thierry

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Angular 2 Component Architecture

2. Setting Up an Angular 2 Development Environment with angular-cli FREE CHAPTER

3. The TypeScript Primer

4. Building a Basic Component

5. Building Dynamic Components

6. Component Communication

7. Putting It All Together

8. Integrating Third-Party Components

9. Angular 2 Directives

Index

Node and npm

Before we can start using angular-cli, we need to install Node.js on our machine. Node is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. It enables JavaScript to run without a browser, which leads to the development of many development tools that we use today, such as task runners, compilers, linters, and module loaders. The modern web frontend development environment relies on these tools.

Installing Node

Node is cross-platform, so it can run on any popular operating system. The easiest way to install node is by downloading the official installer for your operating system. To do this, go to https://nodejs.org/en/ and find the official installer for Windows, Macintosh, or Linux. Currently, Node releases have two major paths—a Long Time Support (LTS) and a stable version. For this book, we will use the LTS version of Node. Make sure to download the Node 4.24.53 LTS version installer.

After you download and run the installer successfully, open your terminal...

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Authors (2)

Nir Kaufman

Nir Kaufman is the Head of Angular Development at 500Tech, a leading front-end consultancy in Israel. He is a passionate JavaScript developer, an international speaker, and an Angular evangelist. Nir runs three local Angular community meetup groups in Israel. He also collaborates with other local Angular communities around the world.

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Thierry Templier Thierry

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