Data-oriented Development with Angularjs

Write DSLs for your user interface code using AngularJS directives and add real-time capabilities to your applications using AngularFire’s three-way data binding with Firebase

About This Book

• Create powerful custom HTML elements and attributes using AngularJS directives
• Store and sync data in real time using Firebase
• Practical working examples to help you apply your knowledge to solve real-world problems

Who This Book Is For

This book helps beginner-level AngularJS developers organize AngularJS applications by discussing important AngularJS concepts and best practices. If you are an experienced AngularJS developer but haven’t written directives or haven’t created custom HTML controls before, then this book is ideal for you.

What You Will Learn

• Experience the power of two-way data binding using AngularJS and three-way data binding using Firebase
• Use dependency injection in AngularJS
• Get the $http and $resource services to work with REST APIs
• Realize the full power of AngularJS by writing custom elements, attributes, and so on, using directives
• Create real-time apps using Firebase and AngularJS
• Discover the benefits and uses of Node.js, Yeoman, Yo Angular generator, Grunt, and Bower
• Get to grips with the basics of Git and use Git flow for a more productive Git branching workflow

In Detail

AngularJS is one of the most popular JavaScript frameworks used to write single page applications and is suitable for developing large-scale enterprise applications. With Firebase, you can easily store and sync data in real time. It has libraries for all the major web and mobile platforms (including AngularJS) and bindings for the most popular frameworks (such as Node.js).

Data-oriented Development with AngularJS is a systematic learning guide that covers important AngularJS concepts such as data binding, dependency injection, directives, and so on. It also covers the basics of Firebase and three-way data binding with AngularFire. You’ll be able to create a small project and build a real-time application using Firebase and AngularJS. This project uses most of the concepts and best practices learned in the book so that you can apply the very same principles in real-world AngularJS development.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: AngularJS Rationale and Data Binding
Chapter 2: Working with Data
Chapter 3: Custom Controls
Chapter 4: Firebase
Chapter 5: Getting Started with AngularFire
Chapter 6: Applied Angular and AngularFire
Appendix A: Yeoman
Appendix B: Git and Git Flow
Appendix C: Editors and IDEs