Wednesday 7 October 2015

Writing First AngularJS Code

This tutorial is specially designed to help you learn AngularJS as quickly and efficiently as possible.
First, you will learn the basics of AngularJS: directives, expressions, filters, modules, and controllers.
Then you will learn everything else you need to know about AngularJS:
Events, DOM, Forms, Input, Validation, Http, and more.

AngularJS is a JavaScript framework. It can be added to an HTML page with a <script> tag.
AngularJS extends HTML attributes with Directives, and binds data to HTML with Expressions.

AngularJS is a JavaScript Framework

AngularJS is a JavaScript framework. It is a library written in JavaScript.
AngularJS is distributed as a JavaScript file, and can be added to a web page with a script tag:

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.3.14/angular.min.js"></script>


AngularJS Extends HTML

AngularJS extends HTML with ng-directives.
The ng-app directive defines an AngularJS application.
The ng-model directive binds the value of HTML controls (input, select, textarea) to application data.
The ng-bind directive binds application data to the HTML view.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.3.14/angular.min.js"></script>
<body>

<div ng-app="">
  <p>Name: <input type="text" ng-model="name"></p>
  <p ng-bind="name"></p>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Example explained:
AngularJS starts automatically when the web page has loaded.
The ng-app directive tells AngularJS that the <div> element is the "owner" of an AngularJS application.
The ng-model directive binds the value of the input field to the application variable name.
The ng-bind directive binds the innerHTML of the <p> element to the application variable name.

AngularJS Directives

As you have already seen, AngularJS directives are HTML attributes with an ng prefix.
The ng-init directive initialize AngularJS application variables.

<div ng-app="" ng-init="firstName='John'">

<p>The name is <span ng-bind="firstName"></span></p>

</div>

AngularJS Expressions

AngularJS expressions are written inside double braces: {{ expression }}.
AngularJS will "output" data exactly where the expression is written:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.3.14/angular.min.js"></script>
<body>

<div ng-app="">
  <p>My first expression: {{ 5 + 5 }}</p>
</div>

</body>
</html>

AngularJS expressions bind AngularJS data to HTML the same way as the ng-bind directive.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.3.14/angular.min.js"></script>
<body>

<div ng-app="">
  <p>Name: <input type="text" ng-model="name"></p>
  <p>{{name}}</p>
</div>

</body>
</html>

AngularJS Applications

AngularJS modules define AngularJS applications.
AngularJS controllers control AngularJS applications.
The ng-app directive defines the application, the ng-controller directive defines the controller.

<div ng-app="myApp" ng-controller="myCtrl">

First Name: <input type="text" ng-model="firstName"><br>
Last Name: <input type="text" ng-model="lastName"><br>
<br>
Full Name: {{firstName + " " + lastName}}

</div>

<script>
var app = angular.module('myApp', []);
app.controller('myCtrl', function($scope) {
    $scope.firstName= "John";
    $scope.lastName= "Doe";
});
</script>

AngularJS modules define applications:

AngularJS Module

var app = angular.module('myApp', []);

AngularJS controllers control applications:

AngularJS Controller

app.controller('myCtrl', function($scope) {
    $scope.firstName= "John";
    $scope.lastName= "Doe";
});




About AngularJS

AngularJS is an MV*-style javascript framework. You may already be familiar with MVC architecture: model/view/controller. In Angular’s case (and many other frameworks’), the “controller” part is a little muddy. Unlike traditional back-end frameworks, the controller isn’t the middle man between the request and response but rather, it’s a scoped object that may contain functions, additional logic, and helps every part of the application interact together.

Now, despite AngularJS coming into the mainstream just about two years ago, its initial release was actually back in 2009. Its development really took off when one of the original creators started working at Google and over time, Google put its weight behind it, making it enterprise-ready over time.
What do I mean by that? Well, if you’ve ever spent any amount of time in the development world, you’ll know that long-term enterprise-y projects are 10% solution, 10% optimization, and 80% legibility under which I also classify architecture, maintenance and similar concepts. AngularJS does a good job separating different portions of an application into various files where a view, for instance, does not conflict with a controller or other libraries. Nothing is necessarily tied together except via dependency injection.
And since it’s backed by Google, we can bet that it will be around for a few years and won’t disappear into the nether (similar to what happened to KnockoutJS, unfortunately).
During my talk, I wanted to emphasize just how greatly AngularJS is enterprise-ready. It’s like Zend or Symfony for PHP or (the default) Java. Due to its architecture, new developers can jump in after learning the basics of Angular since most applications follow the semi-rigid pattern that Angular sets up.
Lastly, keep in mind that Angular is a FRONT-END framework that runs single-page apps. That means that what makes it special is that it can load and interact with data without reloading the page or having to rely on the server to figure out how to display data.


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