In just a short time, you can learn the basics of the JavaScript language, jQuery library, and AngularJS framework and find out how to use them to build well-designed, reusable components for web applications.

assumes absolutely no previous knowledge of JavaScript or jQuery.The authors begin by helping students gain the relevant JavaScript skills they need, introducing JavaScript in a way specifically designed for modern AngularJS web development.

Each short, easy lesson builds on all that's come before, teaching new concepts and techniques from the ground up, through practical examples and hands-on problem solving. As you complete the lessons in this book, you'll gain a practical understanding of how to provide rich user interactions in your web pages, adding dynamic code that allows web pages to instantly react to mouse clicks and finger swipes, and interact with back-end services to store and retrieve data from the web server. Create powerful, highly interactive single-page web applicationsLeverage AngularJSs innovative MVC approach to web developmentUse JavaScript in modern frameworksImplement JavaScript, jQuery, and AngularJS together in web pagesDynamically modify page elements in the browserUse browser events to interact with the user directlyImplement client-side services that interact with web serversIntegrate rich user interface components, including zoomable images and expandable listsEnhance user experience by creating AngularJS templates with built-in directivesBind user interface elements and events to the data model to add flexibility and support more robust interactivityDefine custom AngularJS directives to extend HTMLs capabilitiesBuild dynamic browser views to provide richer user interactionCreate custom services you can integrate into many AngularJS applications Contents at a Glance

Part I: An Introduction to AngularJS, jQuery, and JavaScript Development 1 Introduction to Dynamic Web Programming 2 Debugging JavaScript in Web Pages 3 Understanding Dynamic Web Page Anatomy 4 Adding CSS/CSS3 Styles to Allow Dynamic Design and Layout 5 Jumping into jQuery and JavaScript Syntax 6 Understanding and Using JavaScript Objects

Part II: Implementing jQuery and JavaScript in Web Pages 7 Accessing DOM Elements Using JavaScript and jQuery Objects 8 Navigating and Manipulating jQuery Objects and DOM Elements with jQuery 9 Applying JavaScript and jQuery Events for Richly Interactive Web Pages 10 Dynamically Accessing and Manipulating Web Pages with JavaScript and jQuery 11 Working with Window, Browser, and Other Non-Web Page Elements

Part III: Building Richly Interactive Web Pages with jQuery 12 Enhancing User Interaction Through jQuery Animation and Other Special Effects 13 Interacting with Web Forms in jQuery and JavaScript 14 Creating Advanced Web Page Elements in jQuery 15 Accessing Server-Side Data via JavaScript and jQuery AJAX Requests

Part IV: Utilizing jQuery UI 16 Introducing jQuery UI 17 Using jQuery UI Effects 18 Advanced Interactions With jQuery UI Interaction Widgets 19 Using jQuery UI Widgets to Add Rich Interactions to Web Pages

Part V: Building Web Applications with AngularJS 20 Getting Started with AngularJS 21 Understanding AngularJS Application Dynamics 22 Implementing the Scope as a Data Model 23 Using AngularJS Templates to Create Views 24 Implementing Directives in AngularJS Views 25 Creating Your Own Custom Directives to Extend HTML 26 Using Events to Interact with Data in the Model 27 Implementing AngularJS Services in Web Applications 28 Creating Your Own Custom AngularJS Services 29 Creating Rich Web Application Components the AngularJS Way