This project was generated with Angular CLI version 14.1.0.
Angular and Angular Materials comprise the front-end UI Components. RxJS is used for the authentication observables. Typescript is the base language for Angular.
In this project I learned how to lazy load modules by modifying the main App router and creating a folder structure where each section contains its own Module to be exported. For example, there is an Authorization section, that contains a Login and Register page. Once a user go to a link of "auth/" this will load that module containing both pages.
I learned how to incorporate various Angular Material components such as Sidenav and Autocomplete.
JSON-Server: I learned how to incorporate interface with a simple backend with Json Server. In this backend with a predefined JSON there are two collections: Users and Heroes.
Angular-Flex-Layout: Instead of using Angular Material's Grid List, I learned to implement Angular-Flex-Layout to create the centered columns for the Heroe cards.
Image Pipe: I created an image handling pipe, that takes a whole object as an argument, and then returns an image url if it finds it or an alternate image if it is not found.
Switchmap: I utilized Switchmap to first gather the route parameter of id within the Heroe component, and then use that id to make an http call to the mock Json-Server.
Environment Variables: Instead of writing out a full string for the http call, the localhost is indicated in the environment, while a product variable is to be included for production.
CanLoad and CanActivate Authorization Guards: This app has both CanLoad and CanActivate implemented to protect the heroes Route. I learned that CanLoad functions exactly when the application structure is implementing lazyLoading of modules. Once a module is loaded within the app, CanActivate must be used to guard against revisting the restricted page.
Run ng serve for a dev server. Navigate to http://localhost:4200/. The application will automatically reload if you change any of the source files.
Run ng generate component component-name to generate a new component. You can also use ng generate directive|pipe|service|class|guard|interface|enum|module.
Run ng build to build the project. The build artifacts will be stored in the dist/ directory.
Run ng test to execute the unit tests via Karma.
Run ng e2e to execute the end-to-end tests via a platform of your choice. To use this command, you need to first add a package that implements end-to-end testing capabilities.
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