Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of styles of text that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles, and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text are shown as follows: "This file is called manifest.json."

A block of code is set as follows:

angular.module('krakn.controllers', ['ionic', 'ngAnimate'])
.controller('HomeCtrl', ['$scope', 'syncData', function($scope, syncData) {
  syncData('syncedValue').$bind($scope, 'syncedValue');
}]);

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

angular.module('krakn.controllers', ['ionic', 'ngAnimate'])
.controller('HomeCtrl', ['$scope', 'syncData', function($scope, syncData) {
  syncData('syncedValue').$bind($scope, 'syncedValue');
}]);

New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, in menus or dialog boxes for example, appear in the text like this: "From the drop-down menu, select the Settings menu item near the bottom."

From this point forward, I will use a few terms I consider to be relevant industry standard slang and acronyms to enhance your vocabulary when speaking with other developers, watching tutorial videos online, and reading associated literature or blog posts. These include the following terms: