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AngularJS Directives Cookbook

By : Monteiro
Book Image

AngularJS Directives Cookbook

By: Monteiro

Overview of this book

AngularJS directives are at the center of what makes it such an exciting – and important - web development framework. With directives, you can take greater control over HTML elements on your web pages – they ‘direct’ Angular’s HTML compiler to behave in the way you want it to. It makes building modern web applications a much more expressive experience, and allows you to focus more closely on improving the way that user interaction impacts the DOM and the way your app manages data. If you’re already using Angular, you probably recognize the power of directives to transform the way you understand and build your projects – but customizing and creating your own directives to harness AngularJS to its full potential can be more challenging. This cookbook shows you how to do just that – it’s a valuable resource that demonstrates how to use directives at every stage in the workflow. Packed with an extensive range of solutions and tips that AngularJS developers shouldn’t do without, you’ll find out how to make the most of directives. You’ll find recipes demonstrating how to build a number of different user interface components with directives, so you can take complete control over how users interact with your application. You’ll also learn how directives can simplify the way you work by creating reusable directives – by customizing them with Yeoman you can be confident that you’re application has the robust architecture that forms the bedrock of the best user experiences. You’ll also find recipes that will help you learn how to unit test directives, so you can be confident in the reliability and performance of your application. Whether you’re looking for guidance to dive deeper into AngularJS directives, or you want a reliable resource, relevant to today’s web development challenges, AngularJS Directives Cookbook delivers everything you need in an easily accessible way.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
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Index

Creating the baseline app with generator-angm


We have many options for Yeoman generators; each has its own peculiarities and serves very well for one or more tasks and types of applications.

In the following example, we will continue using the ANGM generator (the same from the previous chapters), which while writing this book has received some updates that will further facilitate the development of modular AngularJS applications.

Getting ready

The first step for the next recipes is to update the generator that we were already using. To do so, open your terminal window and type the following command:

npm install -g generator-angm

Tip

You can get more information and learn more about generator-angm on the official site: http://newaeonweb.com.br/generator-angm/.

Now, let's start to create the baseline itself.

How to do it…

  1. On the terminal window, use the following command:

    yo angm
    
  2. The generator will ask for the application name, so type the following command:

    yeomananddirectives
    
  3. This is the fun part...