1. Jumping Into JavaScript

AngularJS relies on JavaScript and a light version of jQuery to provide client-side application logic. Therefore, you need at least a basic understanding of JavaScript before you can jump into the AngularJS world. This chapter has two purposes: helping you set up a development environment and helping you understand the basics of the JavaScript language.

The first part of this chapter discusses the necessary basics of setting up a JavaScript development environment. You should at least take a quick look at this section even if you already are familiar with JavaScript and have a development environment set up. This section discusses using Node.js for the environment, which is important in later chapters where Node.js ...

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