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Angular Playground - Developing and Running Components in a Sandbox!

Scenario-Driven Development (SDD) - a term I'd heard little about until my friend Justin Couto encouraged me to check out his team's Angular Playground tool. SDD didn't mean much to me when I first heard about it, but I decided to look into Angular Playground more and had one of those "light bulb" …

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Node.js/Express Convention-Based Routes

I've always been a fan of convention-based routing so I converted a local route generation script I've been using with Node.js/Express applications into an npm package called express-convention-routes. The package can be used to automate the creation of Express routes based on a directory …

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Pushing Real-Time Data to an Angular Service using Web Sockets

One of the questions I've been asked a lot lately in my Angular training classes, at conference workshops, and when working with different companies has been, "How can I push data to an Angular application from the server?". Pushing data from the server to the client is useful when applications …

Tech 5 Tutorial: Getting Started with Docker

In this Tech 5 tutorial, I'll walk you through the core concepts of Docker and how you can get started with Docker Community Edition, images, and containers. Getting Started with Docker View All Tech 5 Videos

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Video: Interview from ng-conf on TypeScript, Angular, Docker and More

I had the chance to talk with This Dot Media at ng-conf 2017 about TypeScript, Angular, Docker and more. It was a fun discussion that covered a lot of material in 15 minutes. You can view the full interview below. This Dot Media Interview on TypeScript, Angular and Docker The talks mentioned in the …

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Tech 5 Tutorial: Getting Started with the Angular CLI

I'm starting a new tutorial series called "Tech 5" (think "Take 5"...but for tech) that features short, focused, approximately 5-minute videos. Here's the first one which covers getting started with the Angular CLI. Getting Started with the Angular CLI

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"Containerizing" Angular with Docker

I had the opportunity to speak at the AngularMix conference in Orlando about something that I think every developer should learn more about - containers. The talk was titled "Containerizing" Angular with Docker and discussed the following concepts as they relate to Angular applications: - …

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New Pluralsight Course: Integrating Angular with ASP.NET Core RESTful Services

I'm excited to announce the release of my new course on Pluralsight titled Integrating Angular with ASP.NET Core RESTful Services! This course follows up my previous course which focused on Angular and Node.js. The code in this new class covers ASP.NET Core 2.0 or higher and Angular 4 or higher. As …

5 Key Benefits of Angular and TypeScript

Over the past few months, I've been asked the same general question about Angular multiple times in onsite training classes, while helping customers with their architecture, or when talking with company leaders about the direction web technologies are heading. Here's the general question: "What are …

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