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Learning Angular

You're reading from   Learning Angular A no-nonsense beginner's guide to building web applications with Angular 10 and TypeScript

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839210662
Length 430 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Aristeidis Bampakos Aristeidis Bampakos
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Getting Started with Angular
2. Chapter 1: Building Your First Angular App FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Introduction to TypeScript 4. Section 2: Components – the Basic Building Blocks of an Angular App
5. Chapter 3: Component Interaction and Inter-Communication 6. Chapter 4: Enhance Components with Pipes and Directives 7. Chapter 5: Structure an Angular App 8. Chapter 6: Enrich Components with Asynchronous Data Services 9. Section 3: User Experience and Testability
10. Chapter 7: Navigate through Components with Routing 11. Chapter 8: Orchestrating Validation Experiences in Forms 12. Chapter 9: Introduction to Angular Material 13. Chapter 10: Giving Motion to Components with Animations 14. Chapter 11: Unit test an Angular App 15. Section 4: Deployment and Practice
16. Chapter 12: Bringing an Angular App to Production 17. Chapter 13: Develop a Real-World Angular App 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 9: Introduction to Angular Material

When you develop a web application, you need to decide how to create your UI. It should use proper contrasting colors, have a consistent look and feel, be responsive, and work well on different devices, as well as browsers. In short, there are many things to consider when it comes to the UI and UX. It is no wonder that most developers consider the UI/UX to be a daunting task, and therefore turn to UI frameworks that do a lot of the heavy lifting. Some frameworks are used more than others, namely the following:

  • Bootstrap
  • Foundation
  • Pure
  • Tailwind CSS

There is, however, a new kid on the block—Angular Material—that is based on Google's Material Design techniques. In this chapter, we will explain what Material Design is and how Angular Material implements its principles, and we will have a look at some of its core components.

In this chapter, we will do the following:

  • Learn what Material...
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