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Angular How-to: Hide Logic from Users by Moving it out of the Browser and into Azure Functions

Premier DeveloperApril 17, 2019Apr 17, 201904/17/19

A common question from developers building Single Page Applications is how to hide proprietary calculations or other logic from end users. The answer is always to move that logic out of the JavaScript running in the browser and onto a server, which leads to building and hosting an API service. However, in the new world of serverless computing, there is a simpler option. Azure Functions is a compute service that enables you to run code on-demand without the hassle of building an entire application or managing any infrastructure.

Angular How-to: Microsoft ADAL for Angular 6+ with Configurable Settings

Premier DeveloperMarch 8, 2019Mar 8, 201903/8/19

Laurie Atkinson, Senior Consultant explains how to use the microsoft-adal-angular6 wrapper library to authenticate with Azure Active Directory in your Angular 6+ apps.

Interacting With Push Notifications Under Angular 7 Applications

Premier DeveloperDecember 20, 2018Dec 20, 201812/20/18

Until recently Angular supported SwPush class which allowed PWA capable applications to subscribe and listen to push notifications from the Service Worker. Here is an example where I am subscribing to clicking on the notification card which will redirect the user to my blog. Also notice that you also have access to the action that triggered the click. So you can wire your code to react differently to different actions.

Angular How-to: Implement Feature Flags

Premier DeveloperNovember 12, 2018Nov 12, 201811/12/18

In an agile development environment, there may be partially completed features or features with external dependencies that are not ready. Instead of relying on multiple code branches, instead you may opt for deploying code with a feature turned off. Later, that feature should be turned on via a configuration or database change. This post provides sample code that you can use to implement feature flags in your Angular app.

Using ADAL.js with Angular4+

Premier DeveloperOctober 24, 2018Oct 24, 201810/24/18

This is an update post to a previous article published in April 2017 explaining how to wrap ADAL.js with Angular2+. The previous article is no longer relevant given the changes to the Angular framework. This new post explains a reimplementation which uses the PathLocationStrategy and Angular features such as HttpInterceptor and InjectionToken.

Angular How-to: Share Server-side Validation

Premier DeveloperJune 29, 2018Jun 29, 201806/29/18

Laurie Atkinson, Senior Consultant, avoid duplication of field-level validation by dynamically applying server-side validation rules on Angular controls.

Validation attributes are simple to apply to an Angular control within an HTML template, but that validation logic must be duplicated on the server.

Angular How-to: Simplify Components with TypeScript Inheritance

Premier DeveloperJune 17, 2018Jun 17, 201806/17/18

Laurie Atkinson, Senior Consultant, By moving shared functionality to a base component and assigning dependencies inside the body of the constructor, you can simplify child components.

If your Angular components contain identical or similar functionality and you find yourself copying and pasting that code,

Integrating Angular Unit Tests With Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) Using Headless Chrome and Puppeteer

Premier DeveloperMay 28, 2018May 28, 201805/28/18

In the following post, Premier Developer Consultant Wael Kdouh expands on a previous post and demonstrates how you can run unit tests using headless Chrome and utilize Puppeteer to install Chrome on your CI server.

In a previous post, I showed you how to Integrate Angular Unit Tests with Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS).

Part 2 – Deploying Your Dockerized Angular Application to Azure Using VSTS

Premier DeveloperMay 9, 2018May 9, 201805/9/18

In part 2 of a series of posts, Premier Developer Consultant Wael Kdouh demonstrates how to eliminate daunting requirements and instead install Angular build tools and utilize Docker to more easily and efficiently deploy an application to Azure using VSTS.

From Wael:
In part 1 I demonstrated building a VSTS build pipeline which built an Angular Docker image and deployed it to an Azure Web App for Containers.

Role of Web Based Technologies In Maximizing Code Sharing In Your Applications

Premier DeveloperApril 19, 2018Apr 19, 201804/19/18

In this post, Premier Developer Consultant Wael Kdouh shares ideas of the alternatives to reduce web complexity and increase code sharing. He does a side-by-side comparison of Cordova/Iconic, NativeScript, and React Native to help you explore some of your options to reduce complexity.

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