Chapter 15. AngularJS – Google's In-Demand Framework
Angular is an application framework that helps you create web applications. It builds off of HTML and JavaScript to make the creation of dynamic applications easier. Angular extends and is a superset of JavaScript at the same time. You can use plain old JavaScript and Angular to build your application.
This creates a double-edged sword. On the positive side, it is much easier to build dynamic user interfaces and keep your code maintainable and testable. On the other side, you must learn the overall concept of how an Angular application is built, which Angular piece goes where. This is very different to any other JavaScript application you may have built.
If all you have ever built is user interfaces ...
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