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Java EE 8 and Angular

You're reading from   Java EE 8 and Angular A practical guide to building modern single-page applications with Angular and Java EE

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788291200
Length 348 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Prashant Padmanabhan Prashant Padmanabhan
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Preface 1. What's in Java EE 8? 2. The CDI Advantage Combined with JPA FREE CHAPTER 3. Understanding Microservices 4. Building and Deploying Microservices 5. Java EE Becomes JSON Friendly 6. Power Your APIs with JAXRS and CDI 7. Putting It All Together with Payara 8. Basic TypeScript 9. Angular in a Nutshell 10. Angular Forms 11. Building a Real-World Application 12. Connecting Angular to Java EE Microservices 13. Testing Java EE Services 14. Securing the Application 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding forms with an example

Let us explore the world of angular forms by creating one. We will create a page that lists the tasks in a table and allows for adding new ones. While we can do all of this in a single component, it's best to strive for the separation of concern. Thus, we split the logic between two components, one for listing the tasks and another for adding tasks by means of a form:

The task page for the form

We use a template-driven approach here, so we rely on FormsModule, which needs to be imported. Here's how we can build our project:

ng new forms-demo
cd forms-demo
npm install bootstrap@3 --save
ng serve

We added a bootstrap dependency to our project. Bootstrap, though not really required, does help with building good form layouts.

Update the AppModule import array with a reference to the FormsModule added:

imports: [ BrowserModule,  FormsModule...
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