Learning AngularJS Animations - Softcover

Keller, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783984422 ISBN 13: 9781783984428

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

Enhance user experience with awesome animations in AngularJS using CSS and JavaScript

About This Book

• Create smooth animations for AngularJS native directives and custom directives
• Learn to use CSS and JavaScript animations together
• Explore the AngularJS animate module and its applications through step-by-step examples

Who This Book Is For

If you are a developer who is new to AngularJS or is experienced with the AngularJS framework, this book is intended for you. If you want to provide a better user experience on your web app, this book is also for you.

What You Will Learn

• Create animations with CSS3 transitions and CSS3 keyframe animations
• Develop CSS animations integrated with AngularJS native directives
• Use JavaScript to create animations integrated with AngularJS native directives
• Discover the naming convention for the ngAnimate module
• Understand when to create animations with CSS or JavaScript
• Inject the $animate service in custom directives to create animations
• Animate directives focused on mobile devices' UX

In Detail

AngularJS is an extensive framework used to make full-blown websites with minimal code. Animations in AngularJS are achieved through CSS3 transitions, CSS animations, and JavaScript. AngularJS allows you to create animations with outstanding effects. There are a variety of effects that can be integrated with AngularJS and different ways to achieve the same result. Learning AngularJS Animation swill help you choose a way that best fits your needs. This guide is a complete step-by-step tutorial to improving UX by using animations in AngularJS projects. The first few chapters explain the basics of CSS3 transitions and animations and all the available features such as CSS3 keyframes to be used together with AngularJS, also covering how to move beyond JavaScript animations. The book then shows you how to choose an appropriate approach for creating web apps. It provides you with an understanding of how AngularJS native directives can be animated with CSS or JavaScript and how to animate custom directives using the $animate service.

Finally, you will learn powerful optimization tricks to improve the speed and quality of your animations.

About this title

About the Author

Richard Keller

Richard Keller obtained his BSc in Computer Science from State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. He is currently a software engineer at Spring Mobile Solutions in the Latin America headquarters located in Sao Paulo. His work there includes analysis and implementation of systems used by customer's headquarters and development of internal tools to enhance the company's productivity. He works with the AngularJS framework on a daily basis and with a variety of other technologies including TypeScript, C#, and SQL Server. He previously worked for an online marketplace for handmade items, a mobile payment company, and an open source e-learning project in an institute at UNICAMP.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783984422
• ISBN 13: 9781783984428
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 182