Learning Angular: Everything You Need to Get Started

Whether it's AngularJS 1.X - a framework, or Angular - a platform, Google's Angular project has taken over the web. Here's a collection of articles, projects and courses that'll help you get to grips with the powerful front-end tool.

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Introductions and Comparisons

• Angular version naming got a little complicated this year, here are the official naming conventions for specific versions of the platform [angularjs], which we've tried to follow here and elsewhere on the site.
• How to decide between React and Angular [sitepoint].

Fundamentals

• How to create a single-page app with AngularJS and the WordPress REST API [sitepoint].
• A guide to managing state in Angular apps with ngrx/store [sitepoint].
• Managing state in Angular apps [blog.nrwl].
• Persisting state in AngularJS [sitepoint].
• How to build maintainable Angular apps [medium/curated-by-versett].
• How to develop apps with Angular mockbackend [sitepoint].
• A community-drive collection of best practices and style guidelines for AngularJS [github/mgechev].

Testing

• A guide to testing your services with Angular [corinnekrych.blogspot].
• How to test your Angular component [corinnekrych.blogspot].

Authentication

• Angular authentication with JSON [angularjs.blogspot].
• And easy Angular authentication with Auth0 [sitepoint].

Slightly More Advanced

• Developing an app with Angular 2+ and the Angular CLI [sitepoint]
• An anatomy of a large Angular application [medium]
• Creating Progressive Web Apps with Angular [medium]
• Improving Angular performance with one line of code [blog.upstate]
• Building Angular apps at scale [medium]
• Track device geolocation in NativeScript Angular mobile applications [thepolyglotdeveloper]
• Deploy your own REST API using mLab and Heroku [sitepoint]

Projects

You've got the basics - and perhaps even a little bit more. Here are some projects to take on to put that knowledge into practice.

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