Key FeaturesBecome a more productive developer and learn to use frameworks that implement good development practicesAchieve advanced autocompletion, navigation, and refactoring in Angular using TypescriptFollow a gradual introduction to the concepts with a lot of examples and explore the evolution of a production-ready applicationBook DescriptionAre you are looking for a better, more efficient, and more powerful way of building front-end web applications? Well, look no further, you have come to the right place!This book comprehensively integrates Angular version 4 into your tool belt, then runs you through all the new options you now have on hand for your web apps without bogging you down. The frameworks, tools, and libraries mentioned here will make your work productive and minimize the friction usually associated with building server-side web applications.Starting off with building blocks of Angular version 4, we gradually move into integrating TypeScript and ES6. You will get confident in building single page applications and using Angular for prototyping components. You will then move on to building web services and full-stack web application using ASP.NET WebAPI. Finally, you will learn the development process focused on rapid delivery and testability for all application layers.What you will learnCreate a standalone Angular application to prototype user interfacesValidate complex forms with Angular version 4 and use Bootstrap to style themBuild RESTful web services that work well with single-page applicationsUse Gulp and Bower in Visual Studio to run tasks and manage JavaScript packagesImplement automatic validation for web service requests to reduce your boilerplate codeUse web services with Angular version 4 to offload and secure your application logicTest your Angular version 4 and web service code to improve the quality of your software deliverablesAbout the AuthorRajesh Gunasundaram is a software architect, technical writer, and blogger. He has over 15 years of experience in the IT industry, with more than 12 years of using Microsoft .NET, 2 years of using BizTalk Server, and a year of iOS application development.Rajesh is the founder and editor of technical blogs called programmerguide and ioscorner, and you can find many of his technical writings on .NET and iOS. He is also the founder and developer of a web product, VideoLens, a platform that analyses Facebook and YouTube videos and channels. Also, he has written two books, ASP.NET Web API Security Essentials and CORS Essentials for Packt Publishing.Rajesh is also a YouTuber, running two channels: rajeshmgonline and ProgrammerGuide. He holds a masters degree in computer application and began his career as a software engineer in 2002. He worked on client premises located in various countries, such as UK, Belarus, and Norway. He also has experience in developing mobile applications for iPhone and iPad. His technical strengths include Azure, Xamarin, ASP.NET MVC, Web API, WCF, .NET Framework/.Net Core, C#, Objective-C, Angular, Bot Framework, BizTalk, SQL Server, REST, SOA, design patterns, and software architecture.Table of ContentsGetting started with AngularAngular building blocks part 1Angular building blocks part 2Using TypeScript with AngularCreating an Angular single page application in Visual Studio and Visual Studio CodeCreating ASP.NET Web API services for AngularCreating an AngularJS, ASP.NET MVC and Web API application in Visual StudioTesting Angular applicationsAdvanced Angular topics