In 2017 I’m planning to speak at several conferences related to development of Web applications with the new Angular 2 framework. Below is the list of my presentations (each one is 90-min long). All of them can be delivered as a 2-day workshop in your organization.

Mastering TypeScript

TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript, which allows you to be more productive in writing JavaScript applications. The syntax of this language is pretty easy to pick up for anyone who’s familiar with such object-oriented languages as Java or C#. During this presentation you’ll learn the syntax of this language and will understand the benefits it brings to the table.

Make a facelift to your Angular 2 app with UI libraries

Commercial applications need to be good looking, which means that you should pick up a rich library of UI components for your app. While Angular Material library offers two dozen of great looking components, this may not be enough for your application needs. The good news is that there are other libraries that you can use. In this presentation we’ll start with an overview of Angular Material components. Then we’ll proceed with another open-source library called PrimeNG, which offers more than 70 UI components. Finally, we’ll review the code of an Angular 2 app that uses both Angular Material and PrimeNG components.

Angular 2 for Java developers

Angular 2 is a complete re-write of the super popular Web framework AngularJS. According to Pluralsight survey, Angular leads the list of what developers want to learn in 2016. Angular 2 is a component-based framework that will have an effect in JavaScript community similar to what Spring framework did for Java. This presentation is an overview of this hot framework, which in combination with TypeScript, finally made Web development understandable for Java developers. At the end of the presentation you’ll see a sample Web application written in Angular 2 on the front and Java on the server.

Angular 2: Working with the component router

In this session you’ll see how to use the router that comes with Angular 2 Final. We’ll start with configuring the navigation in a simple app. Then you’ll see how to pass data to routes, work child routes, and create apps with multiple router outlets (auxiliary routes). We’ll also review a unit-test configuration for testing router. Finally, you’ll see how how to lazy load modules using the router.

Angular 2: Communication with the server via HTTP and WebSocket protocols

In this session you’ll see how create an Angular 2 app that can communicate with the servers via a pull (HTTP) and push (WebSocket) modes. We’ll program a simple Node server and then will go through a number of code samples that communicate with it using HTTP and WebSocket protocols. We’ll start with creating a simple NodeJS server, and then will enable it to handle HTTP requests from an Angular 2 app. Then you’ll see how to wrap a service into an observable stream. Finally, we’ll teach our server to perform a data push to an Angular 2 client using the WebSocket protocol.

Implementing inter-component communication in Angular 2

Angular 2 is a component-based framework with a well-defined API for passing data to and getting data from a component. Any application is a tree of components that often need to communicate with each other.
In this presentation you’ll see how to create reusable application components that can exchange data with each other in a loosely-coupled manner. You’ll see how components can communicate via a common parent or via an injectable service. You’ll see how to pass data using component router, input and output parameters, events and callbacks. You’ll also learn how to use projection (formerly known as transclusion) to pass HTML fragments to a component’s template. We’ll also touch upon the incorporation of the third-party JavaScript libraries into an Angular 2 app.

Using Observable Streams in Angular 2

Angular 2 includes RxJS, which is a library of reactive extensions built on the premise that everything is an observable stream.

Observables allow to introduce the push model to your application. First we’ll get familiar with the RxJS library, and then will continue reviewing observables in Angular 2. In this presentation you’ll see how to treat UI events, HTTP, and WebSocket connections as observable streams that push data. You’ll see how to wrap up any service into an observable stream so your application components can subscribe to it.

Angular 2 Tooling

Learning Angular 2 is easier than AngularJS, and developing in TypeScript is more productive than in JavaScript. But setting up the project and deploying the application is not straightforward. This presentation is not about the Angular 2 syntax. We’ll discuss the development process with Angular 2 starting from setting up the project to deploying an optimized application. We’ll start with discussing the Angular/TypeScript project structure and the proceed with such topics as using the module loader SystemJS, installing type definition files, bundling the app with Webpack and deployment in dev and prod. Finally, we’ll go through the process of scaffolding and bundling projects using the Angular CLI tool.