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Angular How-to: Implement Feature Flags

November 12, 2018 Nov 12, 2018 11/12/18
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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+

October 24, 2018 Oct 24, 2018 10/24/18
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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

June 29, 2018 Jun 29, 2018 06/29/18
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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. Instead, you can build an Angular ...

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

May 28, 2018 May 28, 2018 05/28/18
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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). Whereas it ...

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

May 9, 2018 May 9, 2018 05/9/18
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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...

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

April 19, 2018 Apr 19, 2018 04/19/18
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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.I was recently approached by a colleague of mine ...

Hosting an Angular Progressive Web Application (PWA) with Azure

April 2, 2018 Apr 2, 2018 04/2/18
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Progressive Web Applications might just be the future of web development. In this post, Wael Kdouh shows how to deploy an Angular PWA to Azure, including some potential pitfalls to watch out for.In his blog post, Wael introduces the popularity of Progressive Web Applications and how to deploy them to Azure.He writes “In this post...