Pro Angular 2nd ed. Edition

Full of typos, incoherent sentences and a focus on version specific behavior rather than concepts.It's hard to get past the fact that there is (no exaggeration) a typo or mangled sentence on nearly every other page in just the first chapter.

So I'm still trying to wade through the "simple" example in Chapter 2 (Your First Angular App) - between typos and needless confusion I'm considering returning the book to Amazon. For instance-Under "Creating the Package File" he discusses the package.json file, but then refers to it twice more in the same paragraph as the project.json file. One I was familiar with - I figured the other was some Angular extension to node.js, but no, it's just sloppy editing.Then he has you type in a 30 line HTML file - just pure HTML. "That's how the app is going to look - now delete all that HTML in the file and replace it with <todo-app>Angular placeholder</todo-app> Thanks for being respectful of my time!Then he says "To create a data model for the application, I added a file called model.ts ... and added the code shown in Listing 2-4" followed by an 8 line JSON object. Then there's discussion of how .ts is recompiled to .js that will work and another listing that shows the data model rewritten to use JavaScript features that were added in ECMAScript 6. What's not clear is that is not the output of the compiled .ts, THAT is the code he actually added to the app and the first class was typed for no reason (this didn't become clear until several pages later when the app didn't work.Finally, in the last iteration of the app, he references the TodoItem class in both the component and the template - but doesn't provide any instruction or sample code to add the TodoItem to the model created earlier. Again - app doesn't work.If this how he presents as your first Angular application, I will not attempt to execute any subsequent examples. It's unlikely I will even attempt to finish the book - if the text can't be trusted what is the point.

Freeman's style is a bit strange. The index for this book, and also for Pro JQuery, is worthless. He doesn't back reference definitions so if defined jargon is missed the first time the is a search for Waldo. He should clearly state that the purpose of the 2nd chapter is only to get the reader to understand where the complex array of Angular files are located and reason for being of each. Finally, he presents an Angular project in chapters 7 - 10 that he has yet to prepare the reader.However, Freeman's writing is clear and the listings are great. If the reader diagrams chapter 2 and takes a lot of notes while studying chapters 11 through the end of the book, this could be a decent way of learning Angular 2.

Writing style is great and the examples themselves are well thought out. However, there are way too many typos. I also question the organization of the book as a whole. Sports Store example is used heavily which is great but the general progression seemed a little disjointed.

For the past few months I've been reading many books and viewing many videos on Angular 2. As far as I'm concerned there are only 2 books worth studying at the moment. This is one of them and "Angular 2 Cookbook" by Matt Frisbie is the second one.

I worked on Angular 1 right out of school, then spent a couple of years as a backend Java developer. I'm just returning to Angular 2 and am so glad this book exists. It gives just the right level of explanation, and leads through clear examples. The author approaches the opinionated framework in an un-opinionated way, letting the design and structure for Angular speak for themselves. Overall a great, current book.

service was great, the way the book is writing I am not a huge fan. most of the book he just keeps telling you he will explain things later.

I like that the book was easy to follow. But it is definitely not a beginner book.

Well written and helpful book. Been working with Angular 2 (now 4) since December, and before that playing with it since the summer, so a lot of the book it was just a question of skipping over. Obviously that's no reflection on the book itself.Very good and useful sections on providers, and also Directives, which many of us will not work with that often.Giving it a 4 rather than a 5 as I think in the next edition it would be good to have Angular-CLI, which is not the author's fault, as it's new, but slightly dates the book from a reader point of view (such is the fast-moving nature of this tech).Far better than any other Angular 2 book I have read so far

Avevo già iniziato a studiare Angular 2 attraverso il web sui vari siti e fatto qualche prova utilizzando VS2015, ma il libro mi sembra molto chiaroe soprattutto ha un filo logico dal primo all'ultimo capitolo. Inoltre chiarisce abbastanza bene la struttura di un progetto costellata di file di configurazione incomprensibili ai neofiti. Il libro non fa riferimento ad un ambiente di sviluppo in particolare, io venivo dal mondo Microsoft Silverlight/WPF e quindi da Visual Studio ed ho approcciato al libro con questa forma mentis. Devo dire per chi approccia per la prima volta al mondo delle SPA in HTML5 e viene come me da quel mondo, che il libro è stato davvero utile.

Eine sehr strukturierte Einführung in Angular, aber auch als Nachschlagewerk hervorragend.Jede Funktionalität wird in einem eigenen Kapitel an Beispielen erläutert: Klar strukturiert und verständlich. Die Beispieldateien gibt es pro Kapitel. Das macht das Nachstellen der Codebeispiele einfach.Wie wichtig die Konfigurationsdateien sind und was sie bedeuten, vergisst man häufig. Adam Freeman beschreibt das hervorragend. Nicht nur Angular, auch JavaScript, TypeScript und Bootstrap werden kompakt dargestellt. Man kann damit nicht JavaScript oder TypeScript lernen. Aber wenn man schon damit gearbeitet hat, werden aufgrund der strukturierten Darstellung einige Zusammenhänge klarer.Einzig das Deployment über Angular CLI könnte ausführlicher beschrieben werden. Allerdings: Das Deployment wird auf 10 Seiten beschrieben und man hat somit eine Basis. Angular ist m.E. so umfangreich und komplex, dass man nicht alles in einem einzigen Buch in der Tiefe erläutern kann.Adam Freemann will den Code mit den 6-monatigen Angular-Updates aktualisieren. Ein Codeupdate auf Angular 4 gibt es bereits bei github, inkl. einem pdf mit Erläuterungen der Änderungen. Was will man mehr.

Un po' al di sotto di altri libri di Freeman che ho letto (es. quello di MVC, forse il migliore), ma comunque molto buono per avere una introduzione e panoramica ad Angular 2 (o 4). Alcune parti non mi convincono per le scelte fatte, ma il mondo attorno ad Angular è un tale groviglio di alternative che cambiano ogni giorno che posso concederlo. Se uno è uno sviluppatore professionista può estrarne le parti strutturali e ignorare/sostituire quelle più al contorno.Un po' scarsa la qualità dell'edizione, sembra quasi una stampa "on demand" per certi versi.

Amazing books with lots of example and very detailed chapters on the angular components and related concepts. It will definitely take you from novice to pro. I would surely recommend reading this book. You can also use this book as a reference. Nice to have it ready on your shelf.