Re: AngularJS

So lets say 5 years ago you did an AngularJS project.  Now you should use
Angular.  Is there an easy path to update?  And what happens in 5 more
years when Angular++ (or whatever it's called) comes out?

On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 3:57 PM Tim Fathers <[email protected]> wrote:

> It's a while since I looked at any other frameworks, but the thing about
> Angular is that it tries to be a more or less completely integrated
> framework, including almost everything you need to create scalable,
> enterprise class web applications. It also includes all of the build
> tooling you need as well as tools to help quickly scaffold apps from
> scratch and scaffold new parts of the app for you, saving you from having
> to write much of the boiler-plate code yourself. Some of the other
> frameworks are much lighter, and superficially easier to learn perhaps, but
> might not contain some of the functionality you will later need later down
> the line when you want to write more than just a relatively basic app.
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> Another benefit IMO of Angular is that you're pretty much forced to use
> Typescript instead of plain old Javascript, which helps avoid many, many
> gotchas. Angular is also very opinionated, so you're corralled into doing
> things the Angular way, I found this beneficial because it saves any
> headaches and arguments other things like naming conventions and folder
> structures, which are all already decided for you.
>
> There's a tutorial on the Angular website here https://angular.io/start
> One of my favourite learning resources is the Angular University
> https://angular-university.io/course/getting-started-with-angular2, it's
> not all free but the beginner's course is if you sign up by the look of it.
> Here's another free course from another guy whose videos I like
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaNZBrP26LQ  Bear in mind, Angular is on
> version 12 now and so some things in these tutorials might be slightly out
> of date but the fundamentals are the same.
>
> Another great resource is Stackblitz https://stackblitz.com/ here you can
> almost instantly spin up a working Angular app and play around with it,
> it's also available for several other languages and frameworks. Here's a
> video that demonstrates just how powerful Stackblitz is, this was from 3
> years ago, the latest version is even better!
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBzoTnX6LzU
>
> Tim
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> ________________________________
> From: Jay <[email protected]>
> Sent: 02 August 2021 21:03
> To: Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries) <[email protected]>;
> Tim Fathers <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [WEB400] AngularJS
>
> Have you across a good tutorial for Angular?
>
> A friend of mine just sent over a decent one for EmberJS.  Doesn't look as
> powerful though.
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> > On 08/02/2021 3:45 PM Tim Fathers <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
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> > ...it's probably unfortunate that you found AngularJS and not Angular
> and wasted your time with that. The learning curve is steep but Angular is
> easier and faster to get started with and Single Page Web-apps are, IMO,
> definitely better than the alternative. Maybe give it another try later 🙂
> I have used it for quite a few years so can maybe help if you get stuck.
> >
> > Tim.
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: WEB400 <[email protected]> on behalf of Jay <
> [email protected]>
> > Sent: 02 August 2021 20:41
> > To: Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries) <
> [email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [WEB400] AngularJS
> >
> > I went with Angular as a trial.
> >
> > In the last 20-minutes or so, I've decided it was a waste of time and
> the existing CGIDEV2 will stay as is.
> >
> >
> > > On 08/02/2021 3:27 PM Tim Fathers <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > You definitely shouldn't be using AngularJS, it's long since been
> deprecated by Angular (no JS), which is now some 12 versions further on
> than the original. It's also alot nicer to use and with its CLI, you can
> get a skeleton project up and running quite quickly, although after that,
> the learning curve is steep!
> > >
> > > Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: WEB400 <[email protected]> on behalf of Jay <
> [email protected]>
> > > Sent: Monday, August 2, 2021 6:51:25 PM
> > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > > Subject: [WEB400] AngularJS
> > >
> > > I'm using AngularJS to replace a CGIDEV2 application. So far, it is
> not working out with the time I've wasted on it.
> > >
> > > The $http post doesn't want to pass parms to the RPGLE routines. I can
> see the routine trying, but the POST variables aren't there.
> > >
> > > I have the following:
> > > var data = {
> > > pagectl:"LOGIN",
> > > pagesub1:"VALIDATE",
> > > username: username,
> > > password: password
> > > };
> > > var config= {
> > > headers: {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
> > > };
> > > $http( { url:'/cgi-bin/wqa0100c',
> > > method:"POST",
> > > headers: {"Content-Type": "application/json"},
> > > data: data
> > > }
> > > )
> > > .success(function(response) {
> > > console.log(response);
> > > if( response.status=="OK" ) {
> > > smn=response.smn;
> > > slname=response.name;
> > > } else {
> > > $rootScope.error=response.errmsg;
> > > }
> > > });
> > >
> > > The data isn't seen by the RPGLE routine. I can call it from the
> webbrowser and pass parameters as a GET process, no issue.
> > > The same chunk of code is running in production now with the CGIDEV2
> processes and is access via AJAX.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
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