Your First Angular App
The best way to get started with Angular is to dive in and create a web application. In this chapter, I show you how to set up your development environment and take you through the process of creating a basic application, starting with a static mock-up of
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Your First Angular App The best way to get started with Angular is to dive in and create a web application. In this chapter, I show you how to set up your development environment and take you through the process of creating a basic application, starting with a static mock-up of the functionality and applying Angular features to create a dynamic web application, albeit a simple one. In Chapters 7–10, I show you how to create a more complex and realistic Angular application, but for now, a simple example will suffice to demonstrate the major components of an Angular app and set the scene for the other chapters in this part of the book. Don’t worry if you don’t follow everything that happens in this chapter. Angular has a steep learning curve, so the purpose of this chapter is just to introduce the basic flow of Angular development and give you a sense of how things fit together. It won’t all make sense right now, but by the time you have finished reading this book, you will understand every step I take in this chapter and much more besides.
Preparing the Development Environment There is some preparation required for Angular development. In the sections that follow, I explain how to get set up and ready to create your first project. There is wide support for Angular in popular development tools, and you can pick your favorites.
Installing Node.js Many of the tools used for Angular development rely on Node.js—also known as Node—which was created in 2009 as a simple and efficient runtime for server-side applications written in JavaScript. Node.js is based on the JavaScript engine used in the Chrome browser and provides an API for executing JavaScript code outside of the browser environment. Node.js has enjoyed success as an application server, but for this book, it is interesting because it has provided the foundation for a new generation of cross-platform development and build tools. Some smart design decisions by the Node.js team and the cross-platform support provided by the Chrome JavaScript runtime have created an opportunity that has been seized upon by enthusiastic tool writers. In short, Node. js has become essential for web application development. It is important that you download the same version of Node.js that I use throughout this book. Although Node.js is relatively stable, there are still breaking API changes from time to time that may stop the examples I include in the chapters from working. The version I have used is 8.11.3, which is the current Long-Term Support release at the time of writing. There may be a later version available by the time you read this, but you should stick to the 8.11.3 release for the examples in this book. A complete set of 8.11.3 releases, with installers for Windows and macOS and binary packages for other platforms, is available at https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.11.3.
© Adam Freeman 2018 A. Freeman, Pro Angular 6, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3649-9_2
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Chapter 2 ■ Your First Angular App
When you install Node.js, make sure you select the option to add the Node.js ex
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