Learning Angular: Everything You Need to Get Started

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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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