Last week I delivered a session at Microsoft WebCamp 2014 event. A full-day event, with 3 simultaneous session tracks, focused on web technologies, not only from Microsoft but also open source, and design/communication topics. A lot of good stuff was shown, from node.js to service stack.
My session was about Working with AngularJS, a fantastic Single Page Application framework in JavaScript. It’s an introductory session, meant to give attendees a basic understanding of the framework and its components. I had a packed room, with around 200 people, and the feedback was great so I felt it might be worth sharing the slides and demos I wrote for the session:
You’re probably wondering why would I, a SharePoint guy, be talking about AngularJS. SharePoint guys are not exactly known for embracing the latest and greatest web technologies, mostly because when a new SharePoint version is released, it’s already one .Net version behind, not to mention all the new JavaScript frameworks. With SharePoint 2013, all that is changed. The new SharePoint App Model allows us to build our apps in any technology we want, and that means we can use all the big boys toys now such as ASP.NET MVC and, of course, AngularJS.
Also presenting a session on WebCamp about KnockoutJS was my good friend and colleague João “Jota” Martins, which is a great JavaScript data-binding library. Although they share some concepts, Knockout and Angular are very different technologies, on very different abstraction levels, so it’s good to know when to use one or the other. Checkout his slides and code samples here.
