Learn Front-End Development and Automated Testing with Angular

Gain insights into modern web development and automated testing with Angular. Delve into test-driven development, unit, integration, and end-to-end testing while building a practical app for your portfolio.

Beginner

162 Lessons

450h 40min

Certificate of Completion

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This course includes

239 Playgrounds

17 Quizzes

This course includes

239 Playgrounds

17 Quizzes

Course Overview

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 ...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.

What You'll Learn

Learn various features like directives, routing, and forms provided by Angular.

Course Content

Before We Begin

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

API Setup and Installation

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

Introduction to Angular

Examine Angular's essential features, including CLI, modules, services, directives, and pipes.

Introduction to Angular

Conclusion on Introduction to Angular

Quiz on Angular Concepts

Let's Develop Client-Side

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

Apps' Testing Refresher

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

User Signup

17 Lessons

Follow the process of building a user signup page, complete with authentication, routing, and testing.

User Dashboard

7 Lessons

Master the steps to create a user dashboard, redirect users, and perform E2E testing.

Route Guard (AuthGuard)

6 Lessons

Learn how to use Angular AuthGuards for securing routes and conducting authentication tests.

Navigation Bar

8 Lessons

Get started with integrating and testing a dynamic navigation bar in Angular using AuthService and Cypress.

10.

User Login

7 Lessons

Master the steps to implement and test a robust user login feature using Angular and Cypress.

11.

Creating Events

13 Lessons

Break down complex ideas to create events with authenticated users, interactive forms, and API integration.

12.

Dashboard Calendar

9 Lessons

Dig into integrating user events, calendar functionalities, thorough testing, and code enhancements.

13.

Event View

8 Lessons

Follow the process of developing and testing a fully-functional event view page.

14.

Event Comments

9 Lessons

Approach creating, displaying, and testing event comments in an Angular application.

15.

Events List

8 Lessons

Learn how to use Angular to create, test, and navigate an events listing application.

16.

Event Subscribe/Unsubscribe

9 Lessons

Walk through event subscription management, member list creation, and comprehensive testing techniques.

17.

Event Recommendations

7 Lessons

Work your way through implementing and testing restaurant recommendations in the event view page.

18.

Event Update

7 Lessons

Apply your skills to updating events with components, forms, E2E tests, and addressing security issues.

19.

Route Guard (EventGuard)

4 Lessons

Map out the steps for implementing and testing a route guard for event ownership.

20.

Deploy to Heroku

6 Lessons

Implement practices to deploy an Angular app with API to Heroku and secure it.

21.

Appendix: Practice

2 Lessons

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

22.

Appendix: Installation

3 Lessons

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

23.

Conclusion

1 Lesson

Look at the completion milestone and reflect on your progress and aspirations forward.

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