The Complete Angular Developer: From Zero to Hero
The Complete Angular Developer: From Zero to Hero
Welcome to the ultimate Angular development course designed for beginners who want to master the framework and build robust, scalable Single Page Applications (SPAs). This comprehensive 80-lesson journey starts with fundamental prerequisites like TypeScript and environmental setup, rapidly progresses through core concepts like Components, Services, and Data Binding, and culminates in advanced topics such as RxJS, Reactive Forms, State Management (NgRx Introduction), Testing, and Production Deployment. By the end of this course, you will not only understand Angular's architecture but also possess the practical skills necessary to architect and deliver professional-grade front-end solutions.
Lessons
- Introduction to Angular and SPAs
- TypeScript Essentials: Types & Interfaces
- TypeScript Essentials: Classes & Decorators
- Setting up the Development Environment (Node, NPM, CLI)
- Creating and Running the First Angular Application
- Understanding Angular Workspace and File Structure
- NgModules: The Building Blocks
- Deep Dive into Components
- Component Lifecycle Hooks (OnInit, OnDestroy)
- Template Syntax: Interpolation {{ }}
- Property Binding [ ]
- Event Binding ( )
- Two-Way Data Binding [(ngModel)]
- Introduction to Built-in Attribute Directives (NgClass, NgStyle)
- Built-in Structural Directives: *NgIf
- Built-in Structural Directives: *NgFor
- Built-in Structural Directives: *NgSwitch
- Handling User Input (Reference Variables)
- Using Built-in Pipes (Date, Currency, Json)
- Creating Custom Pipes
- Understanding Dependency Injection (DI)
- Introduction to Services
- Providers and Scoping
- Data Sharing between Components using Services
- Preparing for Backend Communication: HttpClient Module
- Making GET Requests (Fetching Read-Only Data)
- Handling POST Requests (Creating Resources)
- Managing PUT/DELETE Requests (Updating/Deleting Resources)
- Error Handling in HTTP Calls
- Using Interceptors for Request Modification (e.g., Auth Headers)
- Setting up the Angular Router
- Defining Basic Routes
- Navigating Programmatically and declaratively (routerLink)
- Understanding the Router Outlet
- Accessing Route Parameters (Snapshot vs Observable)
- Optional Parameters and Query Parameters
- Route Guards: CanActivate (Authorization)
- Route Guards: CanDeactivate (Form Persistence)
- Protecting Child Routes (CanActivateChild)
- Lazy Loading Feature Modules
- Introduction to Forms in Angular
- Template-Driven Forms (TDF) Setup
- TDF: Using NgModel and form controls
- TDF: Accessing Form State and Submission
- Reactive Forms (RF) Setup and FormControl
- RF: Using FormGroup and FormArray
- Built-in Validation in Reactive Forms (Required, MinLength)
- Implementing Custom Validators
- Handling Asynchronous Validators
- Dynamic Forms using FormArray
- Introduction to Reactive Programming and RxJS
- Observables vs Promises: Key Differences
- Creating and Subscribing to Observables
- Common Operators: map and filter
- Common Operators: tap, delay, and catchError
- Combining Observables: forkJoin and combineLatest
- Advanced Combining: switchMap (The HTTP Pattern)
- Introduction to Subjects (Multicasting)
- BehaviorSubject and ReplaySubject
- Using the Async Pipe for automatic subscription management
- Change Detection Strategy: Default vs OnPush
- Custom Directives (Structural and Attribute)
- Custom Structural Directives (Implementing custom *NgIf)
- Content Projection (ngContent)
- Component Interaction: Input Decorator
- Component Interaction: Output and EventEmitter
- Using Local Reference Variables for interaction
- ViewChild and ContentChild (Accessing internal elements/components)
- Custom Attribute Directives (Changing element appearance/behavior)
- Host Bindings and Host Listeners
- Angular Schematics and Custom Generation
- Introduction to State Management (The need for NgRx/Akita)
- Testing Fundamentals: Setup and TestBed
- Unit Testing Components (shallow testing)
- Testing Services and Dependency Injection Mocks
- Testing Routing Scenarios
- End-to-End (E2E) Testing Overview
- Internationalization (i18n) basics
- Building for Production: AOT Compilation and Bundling
- Deployment Strategies (CI/CD overview and practical deployment example)