Angularjs for .Net Developers in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself

AngularJS has skyrocketed to immense popularity as the #1 modern JavaScript framework for rapid web application development. Increasingly, Microsoft developers want to discover all that it can do for them. Now, there's a complete introduction to AngularJS that helps you build on your existing .NET knowledge to flatten the AngularJS learning curve and quickly master today's best practices for AngularJS development. In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself AngularJS for .NET Developers in 24 Hours will help you leverage AngularJS's remarkable power to streamline practically any web development project. Each short, easy lesson builds on all that's come before, guiding you smoothly to mastery. The authors cover all this, and much more:

• Comparing AngularJS with .NET, and discovering how they can work together
• Understanding core AngularJS concepts through the lens of a .NET developer
• Mastering Visual Studio 2015 front-end development tools and high-productivity workflows
• Discovering key JavaScript design patterns that support AngularJS (and their similarities to C#)
• Using AngularJS modules, controllers, views, databinding, and event handling
• Implementing AngularJS services
• Working with directives, custom directives and dependency injection
• Setting up AngularJS routing
• Best practice strategies for organizing AngularJS applications
• Sophisticated AngularJS techniques, including filters, advanced patterns, and communication between controllers
• Preparing to deploy your code
• Deploying AngularJS code to the Microsoft Azure cloud
• Testing and debugging
• Integrating Angular .JS with .NET Web Forms and .NET MVC
• Using WebAPI to build REST APIs in .NET and consume their services in AngularJS
• Combining AngularJS with .NET SignalR to build real-time web apps
• Extending AngularJS development with bower, gulp, and webstorm
• Previewing the future of AngularJS

Throughout, step-by-step instructions walk you through common questions, issues, and tasks; Q-and-As, Quizzes, and Exercises build and test your knowledge; "Did You Know?" tips offer insider advice and shortcuts; and "Watch Out!" alerts help you avoid problems. By the time you're finished, you'll have all the skills and code you'll need to supercharge web development with AngularJS -- whether you're building from scratch, or integrating with existing .NET code.

Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common questions, issues, and tasks.

By The Way notes present interesting pieces of information.

Watch Out cautions advise you about potential problems and help you steer clear of disaster.

Dennis Sheppard is a Front-End Architect at NextTier Education in Chicago, IL. He has delivered enterprise solutions for the private equity, insurance, healthcare, education, and distribution industries. Christopher Miller is an Architect at West Monroe Partners. He has built solutions for the higher education, private equity, and renewable energy industries. AJ Liptak, is a Senior Consultant at West Monroe Partners specializing in modern web application development. He has delivered transformative solutions for the telecom, healthcare, finance, and distribution industries.

Learn how to...

• Build AngularJS web apps from scratch, or integrate with existing .NET code
• Organize, reuse, and test JavaScript web application code far more effectively
• Discover key JavaScript design patterns that support AngularJS (and their similarities to C#)
• Use AngularJS modules, controllers, views, data-binding, and event handling
• Implement AngularJS services efficiently
• Work with directives, custom directives, and dependency injection
• Set up AngularJS routing
• Apply best practices for organizing AngularJS applications
• Master sophisticated AngularJS techniques, including filters, advanced patterns, and communication between controllers
• Deploy AngularJS code to the Microsoft Azure cloud
• Unit-test and debug your single page applications
• Integrate AngularJS with .NET Web Forms and .NET MVC
• Build REST APIs in .NET and consume their services in AngularJS
• Combine AngularJS with .NET SignalR to build real-time web apps
• Extend AngularJS development with bower, gulp, and webstorm
• Preview the future of AngularJS: Version 2.0 and beyond

Part I: Getting Started With Front End Development

Hour 1. The Case for Front End Development And Angular

Hour 2. JavaScript Patterns

Hour 3. Tools for Modern Front End Development in Visual Studio

Part II: Intro to Angular

Hour 4. Modules

Hour 5. Controllers

Hour 6. Views, Databinding, and Event Handling

Hour 7. Angular Services Part I

Hour 8. Angular Services Part II

Hour 9. Intro to Directives

Hour 10. Custom Directives

Hour 11. Dependency Injection

Hour 12. Routing

Hour 13. Application Organization

Part III: Advanced Angular

Hour 14. Angular Filters

Hour 15. Angular Patterns

Hour 16. Communication between Controllers

Hour 17. Getting Ready to Deploy

Hour 18. Unit Testing

Hour 19. Debugging

Part IV: Bringing Angular into your .NET App

Hour 20. Angular With .NET Web Forms

Hour 21. Angular With .NET MVC

Hour 22. Angular With WebAPI

Hour 23. Angular With SignalR

Part V: What's Next

Hour 24. What's Next