1. Fundamentals of JavaScript
- Variables, data types and operators: Understand the basic building blocks of JavaScript.
- Control flow: Learn how to control the execution of code using if/else, switch, for, while.
- Functions, scope and closures: Learn how to encapsulate functionality into reusable pieces of code.
- Objects and arrays: Understand how to use these fundamental JavaScript data structures.
- ES6+ features: Learn about modern JavaScript features that Angular takes advantage of.
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2. Introduction to TypeScript
TypeScript is the language that Angular is written in:
- Basic TypeScript types: Learn about static typing and its benefits.
- Advanced types: Understand more complex TypeScript features that provide extra safety and convenience.
- Classes, interfaces, and generics: These features bring an object-oriented programming model to JavaScript, which Angular uses heavily.
- Decorators: A TypeScript feature used extensively in Angular to annotate and modify classes and class members.
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3. Understanding Angular
Get a conceptual understanding of how Angular works, before diving into coding:
- Overview of Angular: Understand the Angular architecture and the roles of components, modules, templates, metadata, data binding, directives, services, dependency injection.
- Set up the Angular development environment: Learn how to install and set up Angular on your machine.
- Basic commands in Angular CLI: Learn how to use Angular's powerful command line interface to create and manage projects.
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4. Building a Simple Application
Now, apply the knowledge to build a simple application:
- Creating components and modules: These are the building blocks of Angular applications.
- Component interaction: Learn how components can pass data and events to each other.
- Routing and navigation: Understand how to set up complex navigation schemes.
- Creating and using services: Learn how to create reusable service classes and use Angular's dependency injection to manage them.
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5. Deep Dive into Angular
Once comfortable with the basics, dig deeper into more advanced topics:
- Forms: Learn how to use Angular's powerful forms modules to handle user input and validation.
- HttpClient: Learn how to make HTTP requests to REST APIs.
- Pipes and custom pipes: Understand how to use pipes to transform displayed values.
- Directives and custom directives: Learn about Angular's directives and how to create your own.
- Lifecycle hooks: Understand the lifecycle of Angular components and directives and how to tap into key events.
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- Angular University
- Angular Advanced Library Laboratory: Build Your Own Library
6. State Management
In complex applications, state management becomes crucial:
- Introduction to state management: Understand why managing state is important and the problems it solves.
- NgRx or other state management libraries: Learn about libraries that provide patterns for managing state in a predictable way.
- Actions, reducers, effects, selectors: These are key concepts in state management libraries like NgRx.
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- Official NgRx Documentation
- Angular + NgRx - A clear and concise introduction
7. Testing
Testing ensures that your application works as expected:
- Unit testing with Jasmine and Karma: Learn how to write unit tests for your Angular components and services.
- End-to-end testing with Protractor: Learn how to write tests that simulate user interactions with your application.
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- Angular Testing Guide
- Testing Angular with Jasmine and Karma (Part 1)
- End-to-End Testing with Protractor
8. Performance and Deployment
Finally, you'll want to ensure that your Angular application performs well and can be deployed to the web:
- Lazy loading and preloading modules: Learn how to improve startup performance.
- Change detection strategy and optimization techniques: Understand how Angular updates the view and how to make it more efficient.
- Building and deploying Angular applications: Learn how to build your application for production and deploy it to a server.
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Remember, the goal is not to rush through all of these topics, but to gain a deep and intuitive understanding of them. Practice and real-world application are key.