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Learn Front-End Development and Automated Testing with Angular
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Gain insights into modern web development and automated testing. Delve into test-driven development, unit, integration, and end-to-end testing while building a practical app for your portfolio.
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In this course, you will build an application, “Let’s Get Lunch”, for a company to help employees coordinate lunches and happy hours. This course covers modern web development and automated testing using the Angular framework. This course will dive deeply into test setup, unit testing, integration testing, and end-to-end testing. We’ll follow a test-driven development approach in our development cycle. You’ll be provided with a code repository that will serve as the API that your Angular application will interact with. You’ll also take a quiz and work through a challenge at the end of each chapter to test your learning. By the end, you should have a great new application for your portfolio, as well as hands-on experience designing and testing an Angular application from scratch.
In this course, you will build an application, “Let’s Get Lunch”, for a company to help employees coordinate lunches and happy h...Show More

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Learn various features like directives, routing, and forms provided by Angular.
Learn to interact with an API using Angular.
Learn automated testing using Angular.
Learn unit, integration, and E2E testing.
Learn to test using Karma, Jasmine, and Cypress.
Learn various features like directives, routing, and forms provided by Angular.

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Content

162 Lessons17 Quizzes

1.

Before We Begin

6 Lessons

Get familiar with modern web development, Angular, automated testing, and essential development tools.
Course Introduction
Who is this course for?
Let's Get Lunch: The Project App
How Web Applications Work
The Client-server Model
Required Tools and Technologies

2.

API Setup and Installation

5 Lessons

Get started with API setup, running, verifying, and finalizing the installation.
Run MongoDB and Set up Required Accounts
Let's Get Lunch API
Running the API
Verifying the Database
Concluding API Setup and Installation

3.

Introduction to Angular

7 Lessons

Examine Angular's essential features, including CLI, modules, services, directives, and pipes.
Introduction to Angular
Exploring the Code
Modules
Services
Directives and Pipes
Conclusion on Introduction to Angular
Quiz on Angular Concepts

4.

Let's Develop Client-Side

8 Lessons

Apply your skills to develop Angular client-side apps with routing, components, and styles.
Angular's Client-Side
Recreate the Project App
Creating the HomeComponent
Bootstrap Configuration
Update AppComponent Test
Conclusion on Client-Side
Quiz on Client-Side
Challenge: Adding Routes

5.

Apps' Testing Refresher

5 Lessons

Map out the steps for effective app testing, from unit tests to TDD practices.
Testing Types
How to Test an App?
Writing Tests
Test-Driven Development
Quiz on Testing

8.

Route Guard (AuthGuard)

6 Lessons

Learn how to use Angular AuthGuards for securing routes and conducting authentication tests.
Auth Service
Auth Guard
Add Auth Guard to Dashboard
Dashboard E2E tests
Conclusion on Route Guard: AuthGuard
Quiz on Route Guard: AuthGuard

9.

Navigation Bar

8 Lessons

Get started with integrating and testing a dynamic navigation bar in Angular using AuthService and Cypress.
Navbar Component
Event Emitter
Update Navbar Tests
Complete Navbar Tests
Navbar E2E Test
Conclusion on Navigation Bar
Quiz on Navigation Bar
Challenge: Writing Cypress Commands

10.

User Login

7 Lessons

Master the steps to implement and test a robust user login feature using Angular and Cypress.
Module and Component
Login Unit Tests
Update navbar
Login E2E Testing
Conclusion on User Login
Quiz on User Login
Challenge: Component Testing

18.

Event Update

7 Lessons

Apply your skills to updating events with components, forms, E2E tests, and addressing security issues.
Update Event Service
Create Event Update Component
Implement Event Update Functionality
Event Update E2E tests
Conclusion on Event Update
Quiz on Event Update
Challenge: Practicing Routers

19.

Route Guard (EventGuard)

4 Lessons

Map out the steps for implementing and testing a route guard for event ownership.
Event Guard
Event Guard Test
Conclusion on Event Guard
Quiz on Event Guard

20.

Deploy to Heroku

6 Lessons

Implement practices to deploy an Angular app with API to Heroku and secure it.
Adding API Property
MongoDB Atlas Setup
Heroku
Angular App
Restrict Google Maps API Key
Conclusion on Deploy to Heroku

21.

Appendix: Practice

2 Lessons

Practice using public APIs and mocked services for enhanced Angular development experience.
Public APIs
Alternative to APIs

22.

Appendix: Installation

3 Lessons

Step through installing Angular, Cypress for testing, and Heroku CLI for deployment.
Install and Run Angular Application
Install and Run Cypress
Install Heroku

23.

Conclusion

1 Lessons

Look at the completion milestone and reflect on your progress and aspirations forward.
It's a Wrap!
Certificate of Completion
Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.
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