Description

AngularJS is the most popular JavaScript MVC framework, and it embraces and extends HTML rather than abstracting it. The building of single-page applications is a web-designer-friendly process with the AngularJS expressive HTML vocabulary. It drastically reduces the amount of JavaScript required to control complex user interactions and enforces a modular approach to structuring your JavaScript code. This book covers all of the stages of building a single-page web application, starting with frontend components powered by AngularJS, continuing with web services that leverage ServiceStack, and putting it all together in an ASP.NET MVC application. You will learn a development process focused on rapid delivery and testability for all application layers. * Create a standalone AngularJS application to prototype user interfaces * Validate complex forms with AngularJS and use Bootstrap to style them * Build RESTful web services that work well with single-page applications * Implement automatic validation for web service requests to reduce your boilerplate code * Use web services with AngularJS to offload and secure your application logic * Test your AngularJS and web service code to improve the quality of your software deliverables * Structure your JavaScript code and organize your files so your application can grow at a sustainable pace This is a step-by-step, example-driven guide that uses a gradual introduction of concepts; most of the chapters also contain an annotated exploration of how to build a specific part of a production-ready application. If you are a .NET developer that has already built web applications or web services with a fundamental knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, and want to explore single-page applications, then this book will give you a great start. The frameworks, tools, and libraries mentioned here will make you productive and minimize the friction usually associated with building server-side web applications.