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Learning Angular, Fourth Edition

You're reading from   Learning Angular, Fourth Edition A no-nonsense guide to building web applications with Angular 15

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803240602
Length 446 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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Pablo Deeleman Pablo Deeleman
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Aristeidis Bampakos Aristeidis Bampakos
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Building Your First Angular Application FREE CHAPTER 2. Introduction to TypeScript 3. Organizing Application into Modules 4. Enabling User Experience with Components 5. Enrich Applications Using Pipes and Directives 6. Managing Complex Tasks with Services 7. Being Reactive Using Observables and RxJS 8. Communicating with Data Services over HTTP 9. Navigating through Application with Routing 10. Collecting User Data with Forms 11. Introduction to Angular Material 12. Unit Test an Angular Application 13. Bringing an Application to Production 14. Handling Errors and Application Debugging 15. Other Books You May Enjoy
16. Index

Setting up a backend API

A web CRUD application usually connects to a server and uses an HTTP backend API to perform operations on data. It fetches existing data, updates it, creates new data, or deletes it. In a real-world scenario, you will most likely interact with a real backend API service through HTTP. There are cases, though, where we do not have access to a real backend API:

  • We may work remotely, and the server is only accessible through a VPN connection to which we do not have access.
  • We want to set up a quick prototype for demo purposes.
  • Available HTTP endpoints are not yet ready for consumption from the backend development team, a common problem when working inside a large team of different types of developers.

To overcome all the previous obstacles during development, we can use a fake server such as the Fake Store API. The Fake Store API is a backend REST API available online that you can use when you need fake data for an e-commerce or e-shop web application. It...

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