Angular 6 for Enterprise-Ready Web Applications

A hands-on guide with a minimalist and flexible approach that enables quick learning and rapid delivery of cloud-ready enterprise applications with Angular 6About This BookExplore tools and techniques to push your web app to the next levelMaster Angular app design and architectural considerationsLearn continuous integration and deploy your app on a highly available cloud infrastructure in AWSWho This Book Is ForThis book is for developers who want to confidently deliver high-quality and production-grade Angular apps from design to deployment. We assume that you have prior experience in writing a RESTful API with the tech stack of your choice; if you don't, you can still gain a lot of benefit from this book, which focuses on the entire scope of frontend development, from design to deployment!What You Will LearnCreate full-stack web applications using Angular and RESTful APIsMaster Angular fundamentals, RxJS, CLI tools, unit testing, GitHub, and DockerDesign and architect responsive, secure and scalable apps to deploy on AWSAdopt a minimalist, value-first approach to delivering your app with KanbanGet introduced to automated testing with continuous integration on CircleCIOptimize Nginx and Node.js web servers with load testing toolsIn DetailAngular 6 for Enterprise-Ready Web Applications follows a hands-on and minimalist approach demonstrating how to design and architect high quality apps.The first part of the book is about mastering the Angular platform using foundational technologies. You will use the Kanban method to focus on value delivery, communicate design ideas with mock-up tools and build great looking apps with Angular Material. You will become comfortable using CLI tools, understand reactive programming with RxJS, and deploy to the cloud using Docker.The second part of the book will introduce you to the router-first architecture, a seven-step approach to designing and developing mid-to-large line-of-business applications, along with popular recipes. You will learn how to design a solid authentication and authorization experience; explore unit testing, early integration with backend APIs using Swagger and continuous integration using CircleCI. In the concluding chapters, you will provision a highly available cloud infrastructure on AWS and then use Google Analytics to capture user behavior.By the end of this book, you will be familiar with the scope of web development using Angular, Swagger, and Docker, learning patterns and practices to be successful as an individual developer on the web or as a team in the Enterprise.Style and approachThe book follows a hands-on, value-first methodology to help readers design and architect small and large applications, while covering ancillary topics that all web developers should be aware of. The book uses minimal and flexible tools and techniques to enable quick learning and rapid delivery of high-quality and reliable Angular applications.