Ultimate Introduction To AngularJS

The Ultimate
Introduction to
AngularJS

Jacopo Nardiello
Padawan Programmer
Twitter: @jnardiello

“AngularJS is not jQuery”
What Angular is NOT

“A framework embodies some abstract
design, with more behavior built in.”
! - M. Fowler

What is Angular
Superheroic JavaScript MVW Framework

What is Angular
Model

What is Angular
View
Model

What is Angular
View
Model
Whatever (works for you)

#1
“It is a very good idea to decouple
DOM manipulation from app logic.”

#2
“It is a really, really good idea to regard
app testing as equal in importance to
app writing”

#3
“It is an excellent idea to decouple the
client side of an app from the server
side”

Bootstrapping an App
<body ng-app=“car">

JS bootstrap code
angular.module('car', [
'car.service',
'car.directive',
‘car.controller’
])

Angular is modular
angular.module('car.service', […])
angular.module(‘car.directives', […])

Extending the DOM
Angular extends DOM
behavior using Directives

Directives
angular.module('greetApp', [])
.directive(‘greetMe’, function() {
return {
template: ‘<h1>Hello</h1>’
}
})

return {
}
})
Directives

js
html <div greet-me></div>
return {
}
})
Directives

Adding logic to directives
.directive('myCoffeeMachine', [
‘$interval’,
‘water’,
‘pump’,
function($interval, dateFilter) {
return {
restrict: 'AE',
link: function(scope, element, attrs) {
coffee = $interval(function() {
prepareCoffee(); // update DOM
}, n0000);
}
}]);

‘$interval’,
‘water’,
‘pump’,
return {
restrict: ‘AE',
}, n0000);
}
}]);

‘$interval’,
‘water’,
‘pump’,
return {
restrict: 'AE',
prepareCoffee();
}, n0000);
}
}]);

Reusable element
‘$interval’,
‘water’,
‘pump’,
return {
restrict: 'AE',
}, n0000);
}
}]);
<my-coffee-machine></..>

Controllers
“A Controller is a JavaScript constructor
function that is used to augment the Angular
Scope”

A step back: Scopes
Scope ~ Model ~ Current state

A step back: Scopes
Scopes are objects organized hierarchically,
aimed to mimic the DOM structure

A step back: Scopes
Each module instantiate a rootScope object
Scopes are objects organized hierarchically,
aimed to mimic the DOM structure

Controllers
var myApp = angular.module('myApp',[]);
!
myApp.controller('GreetingController', [
'$scope',
function($scope) {
$scope.greeting = 'Hola!';
}]);
js

Controllers
var myApp = angular.module('myApp',[]);
!
'$scope',
function($scope) {
}]);
<div ng-controller="GreetingController">
js
html

Angular automagically keeps in sync
the model inside controllers with views
Ultimate Data Binding

'$scope',
function($scope) {
}]);
<div ng-controller="GreetingController">
{{ greeting }}
</div>
Ultimate Data Binding
js
html

Behavior everywhere
(and shared resources)
What if you want to declare a class, an object
or a function and have it available everywhere?

Behavior everywhere
Factories

Behavior everywhere
Factories
Services

Factory Example
.factory(‘addOne', function($window) {
var sum = 0
return function(sum) {
sum++
$window.alert(sum)
}
})

.factory(‘addOne', function($window) {
var sum = 0
return function(sum) {
sum++
$window.alert(sum)
}
})
Factory Example

Behavior everywhere
Factories
Services
returned value
of function
instance

Misko Hevery
“Agile Coach at Google where he is
responsible for coaching Googlers to
maintain the high level of automated
testing culture”
- misko.hevery.com/about/

“Angular is written with
testability in mind”
- Angular Doc

Why is Angular easily
testable?

DI as Pattern
function Car() {
var wheel = new Wheel();
var engine = Engine.getInstance();
var door = app.get(‘Door’);
!
this.move = function() {
engine.on();
wheel.rotate();
door.open();
}
}

DI as Pattern
function Car(wheel, engine, door) {
engine.on();
wheel.rotate();
door.open();
}
}

The problem
function main() {
var fuel = new Fuel();
var electricity = new Electricity();
var engine = new Engine(fuel);
var door = new Door(Electricity);
var wheel = new Wheel();
var car = new Car(wheel, engine, door);
car.move();
}

DI as framework
function main() {
var injector = new Injector(….);
var car = injector.get(Car);
car.move();
}

DI as framework
function main() {
var injector = new Injector(….);
var car = injector.get(Car);
car.move();
}
Car.$inject = [‘wheel’, ‘engine’, ‘door’];
function Car(wheel, engine, door) {
…
}
}

Angular testability
is super-heroic!
but…

“you still have to do the right thing.”
- Angular Doc

Testability
1. Don’t use new
2. Don’t use globals

Controller
function RocketCtrl($scope) {
$scope.maxFuel = 100;
$scope.ﬁnalCheck = function() {
if ($scope.currentFuel < $scope.maxFuel) {
$scope.check = ‘ko’;
} else {
$scope.check = 'ok';
}
};
}

var $scope = {};
var rc = $controller(
'RocketCtrl',
{ $scope: $scope }
);
!
$scope.currentFuel = 80;
$scope.ﬁnalCheck();
expect($scope.check).toEqual('ko');
Controller Test

Directive
app.directive('rocketLaunchPad', function () {
return {
restrict: 'AE',
replace: true,
template:
‘<rocket-launch-pad>
Rocket here
<rocket-launch-pad>’
};
});

Directive Test
it(‘Check launchpad was installed', function() {
var element = $compile(“<rocket-launch-pad></
rocket-launch-pad>”)($rootScope);
!
expect(element.html()).toContain("Rocket here");
});

Ultimate Introduction To AngularJS

Karma
Run tests against real browsers

Karma
Run tests against real browsers
Unit tests

Conﬁg ﬁle
> karma init
- frameworks: [‘jasmine’]

Conﬁg ﬁle
> karma init
- autoWatch: true

Config file
> karma init
- files: [
‘../tests/controllerSpec.js’
],
- autoWatch: true

Config file
> karma init
- files: [
‘../tests/controllerSpec.js’
],
- autoWatch: true
- browsers: ['Chrome']

Using Karma
> karma start conﬁg.js

Protractor
E2E Angular Testing
Angular wrapper for WebDriver

Anatomy of a E2E test
describe(‘…’, function() {
it(‘…’, function() {
browser.get(‘…’);
element(by.model(‘…’)).sendKeys(..);
!
var calculate = element(by.binding(‘…’));
!
expect(some.method()).toEqual(..);
});
});

Global Variables
!
!
});
});

Global Variables
!
!
});
});
Super-Happy Panda!

Page Objects
Protractor provides

Page Objects
Protractor provides
Debugging with superpowers

Page Objects
Protractor provides
Debugging with superpowers
Angular-speciﬁc functions

Jacopo Nardiello
Twitter: @jnardiello
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