Develop your front-end expertise and build scalable, enterprise-ready web applications by efficiently using the Angular framework's powerful features and essential libraries

Key Features

• Implement design patterns and Nx for optimal maintainability and scalability of your code base
• Explore reactive programming and state management using RxJS, Signals, and NgRx
• Build and test large-scale Angular monorepo applications using Nx, Jest, and Cypress

Book Description

Angular is an open-source, front-end framework used to build web applications using TypeScript. Angular is a component-based framework, which means you build apps by developing and composing reusable components. This framework has all the built-in features needed to develop complex, feature-rich web apps. Written by an Angular specialist working with some of the top companies in the Netherlands, this book teaches you how to harness the full potential of the Angular framework.

You’ll explore different front-end architecture designs and set up a scalable environment for Angular applications and libraries using Nx, before taking a deep dive into the framework's newest and most powerful features. Next, you’ll learn to manipulate the Document Object Model (DOM) with Angular directives, pipes, and animations, and build reusable components like a pro. The book spotlights best practices and flags potential pitfalls at every step of the way. You’ll also learn design patterns that fit well when using the Angular framework, reactive programming with RxJS and Angular signals, and how to manage application states effectively. The book teaches you about accessibility, testing, and optimizing your app for deployment.

By the end of this book, you’ll be able to use Angular effectively to build enterprise-ready, scalable front-end applications.

What you will learn

• Create Nx monorepos ready to handle hundreds of Angular applications
• Reduce complexity in Angular with the standalone API, inject function, control flow, and Signals
• Effectively manage application state using Signals, RxJS, and NgRx
• Build dynamic components with projection, TemplateRef, and defer blocks
• Perform end-to-end and unit testing in Angular with Cypress and Jest
• Optimize Angular performance, prevent bad practices, and automate deployments

Who this book is for

If you are a front-end engineer ready to level up your Angular skills, then this book is for you. This book will help you learn how to build applications of any scale by utilizing the powerful features of the Angular framework. Basic knowledge of the Angular framework will enable you to grasp the concepts explained in this book, including the newest Angular features such as standalone components, Signals, control flow, front-end architecture, building Angular monorepo applications using Nx, reactive programming with RxJS, and managing application state with NgRx.

Table of Contents

1. Scalable Front-End Architecture for Angular Applications
2. Powerful Angular Features
3. Enhancing Your Applications with Directives, Pipes, and Animations
4. Building Forms Like a Pro
5. Creating Dynamic Angular Components
6. Applying Code Conventions and Design Patterns in Angular
7. Mastering Reactive Programming in Angular
8. Handling Application State with Grace
9. Enhancing the Performance and Security of Angular Applications
10. Internationalization, Localization, and Accessibility of Angular Applications
11. Testing Angular Applications
12. Deploying Angular Applications

About the Author

Roberto Heckers is an Angular specialist who has been using the framework since the AngularJS days. He has extensive experience under his belt with the Angular framework. His journey started as a self-taught software engineer building applications with AngularJS. In 2019, he was a front-end team lead for the first time, building an extensive real-estate application and UI library for Spacewell. Since then, he has been focused on building enterprise applications with complex architecture and scalability needs. Roberto now works as a freelance Angular engineer for some of the biggest companies in the Netherlands, such as Vattenfall and Marel, building applications used by millions of users.