Angular Next Starter Kit
Seed project for developing angular 1.x applications in preparation for migrating on to Angular 2.0
Overview
The Angular Next Starter Kit is a seed project designed to help developers build Angular 1.x applications in preparation for migrating to Angular 2.0. It allows developers to incorporate the concepts and technologies used in Angular 2.0 into their Angular 1.x applications. The project focuses on application logic and provides scaffolding, TypeScript integration, a Webpack bundling system, Gulp integration, Karma integration, and more.
Features
- Complete scaffolding with Angular 1.4.x
- TypeScript integration
- Webpack bundling system with multiple loaders (sass, html, typescript)
- Gulp integration
- Karma integration with Mocha, Chai, multiple browser launchers (Chrome, PhantomJS) and code coverage
- Interfaces and APIs to create testable and reusable components
- Various kinds of service interface including HTTP service, Socket service using Socket.IO, SOAP service using soap client, and Buffer service using ProtobufJS
- Frameworks included: Angular 1.4.x, Bootstrap (sass) 3.3.6, Socket.IO Client 1.3.7, and TypeScript v1.7.5
Summary
The Angular Next Starter Kit is a helpful tool for developers looking to build Angular 1.x applications while incorporating the concepts and technologies used in Angular 2.0. Its features include scaffolding, TypeScript integration, a Webpack bundling system, Gulp integration, Karma integration, and more. By providing a pre-configured setup, the seed project allows developers to focus on the application logic and not worry about boilerplate tasks such as configuring build systems or unit tests.
- Angular
Angular is a TypeScript-based open-source framework by Google for building dynamic single-page applications and cross-platform mobile apps with MVC architecture and a rich set of features.
- Bootstrap
Bootstrap is the most popular CSS Framework for developing responsive and mobile-first websites.
- SCSS
SCSS is a preprocessor scripting language that extends the capabilities of CSS by adding features such as variables, nesting, and mixins. It allows developers to write more efficient and maintainable CSS code, and helps to streamline the development process by reducing repetition and increasing reusability.
- Graphql
A website that uses GraphQL as a query language to manage data fetching and state management. This includes features such as a strongly typed schema, client-side caching, and declarative data fetching to streamline data management and optimize website performance.
- Gulp
Gulp.js is an old but popular site building tool that automates various repetitive development tasks in web development, such as compiling Sass, minifying JavaScript, and optimizing images.
- Typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript, providing optional static typing, classes, interfaces, and other features that help developers write more maintainable and scalable code. TypeScript's static typing system can catch errors at compile-time, making it easier to build and maintain large applications.
- Webpack
Webpack is a popular open-source module bundler for JavaScript applications that bundles and optimizes the code and its dependencies for production-ready deployment. It can also be used to transform other types of assets such as CSS, images, and fonts.