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Angular 5 – Handling Token Based Authentication

Angular 5 – Handling Token Based Authentication

Posted Nov 9, 2017 | | By Maina Wycliffe | Angular
Token based authentication is popular for single page applications. A token is a security code issued by a server for authenticating and identifying users. When a user login to the system or application, the servers issues a token that expires after …
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How to build a HTTP Interceptor in Angular 5

How to build a HTTP Interceptor in Angular 5

Posted Nov 8, 2017 | | By Maina Wycliffe | Angular
Introduction A HTTP Interceptor enables you to catch HTTP requests and responses so that you can modify them. It is very useful especially when you want to add extra headers to all outgoing requests or catch error responses from the server. One use …
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Image Sliders and Carousels for Angular 4

Image Sliders and Carousels for Angular 4

Posted Nov 5, 2017 | | By Maina Wycliffe | Angular
Web developers require from time to time to create different types of images sliders and carousel in their apps. Most developers coming from jQuery and other plugin tend to want to use the tools they are already familiar with – like that amazing …
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How to upgrade your Angular 4 App to Angular 5.0

How to upgrade your Angular 4 App to Angular 5.0

Posted Nov 4, 2017 | | By Maina Wycliffe | Angular
Angular 5 was finally released earlier this week after several delays. It brings a lot of improvements over Angular 4 and new features as discussed in my previous post here. On top of Angular 5, Angular CLI v1.5 was also released. So, today I will …
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The Most Disliked Programming Languages

The Most Disliked Programming Languages

Posted Nov 3, 2017 | | By Maina Wycliffe | Programming
Stackoverflow has published a study on their blog for the most disliked programming languages. To come up with this list, stackoverflow studied developer inputs for stackoverflow jobs. When developers are creating their stories to showcase their …
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Angular 5 has been released

Angular 5 has been released

Posted Nov 1, 2017 | | By Maina Wycliffe | Angular
Angular 5 was finally released after several delays yesterday, November 1, 2017. It was also accompanied by Angular CLI 1.5. This is a major release and in line with Angular team promise of major releases twice a year. It focusses on making Angular …
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How to setup Yarn Package Manager for Angular (Updated)

How to setup Yarn Package Manager for Angular (Updated)

Posted Oct 31, 2017 | | By Maina Wycliffe | Angular
Last week, I briefly touched on Yarn Package Manager in my post about 5 must have tools for angular developer. Yarn Package Manager – simply referred to as Yarn – was developed by Facebook as a replacement for Node Package Manager (NPM). Yarn has …
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How to use Angular 4 with Bootstrap 4

How to use Angular 4 with Bootstrap 4

Posted Oct 25, 2017 | | By Maina Wycliffe | Angular
Angular and Bootstrap 4 are arguably the best frameworks out there, though will different purposes. Angular was developed by Google as a JavaScript framework while Bootstrap was developed by twitter as a CSS framework. The major huddle to using both …
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5 Must Have Tools for Angular Developers

5 Must Have Tools for Angular Developers

Posted Oct 22, 2017 | | By Maina Wycliffe | Angular
Whether you are a new or an experienced Angular developer there are several useful tools to help make your life much easier. Whether you are using versions 2, 4 or 5 (To be released on 23th of this month) it is important to have the necessary tools. …
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What is new in Angular 5

What is new in Angular 5

Posted Oct 19, 2017 | | By Maina Wycliffe | Angular
If you are a fan of Angular, there is some good news, Angular 5.0 will be released on 23th October – that’s next week. If you are wondering whether this is too soon, don’t. Google has committed to releasing a new version of Angular every 6 months. …
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