[jph00]

Thanks for the interest in my tutorial! I only started with AngularJS a month ago while I was on vacation. I tried a few of the newer JS MVC frameworks, but had no idea how special Angular is until I got in to it. Its ability to add features to HTML (using directives) is unique AFAICT.

I think the one thing holding it back has been the lack of a basic tutorial. I really found it quite hard to wrap my head around the concepts for this reason. There will be a book coming out later this year I believe; in the meantime hopefully this ongoing tutorial series will help get folks started.

I'll be posting part 3 of the video tomorrow. Let me know if you have any suggestions or questions.

[mathewsanders]

I've been using angular for around the same time-period as you.

As a designer, the initial data-binding and directives felt like I was performing magic, although there was a steep-ish learning curve as soon as I left trivial examples.

I feel like there is a lot of momentum building behind Angular, and is a great model to start thinking about now for when browsers support web components (https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webcomponents/raw-file/tip/explainer/...) (what will that be HTML6?)

For someone coming to Angular fresh (with only some basic jQuery knowledge) I also found it easier to learn/work in coffeescript.