# Introduction

Author: [Ari Lerner](https://www.ng-book.com/).

[AngularJS](http://angularjs.org) offers a single framework that can be used to build dynamic, client-centric applications. It provides:

- Module support
- DOM manipulation
- Animations
- Templating
- Two-way data binding
- Routing
- History
- Ajax
- Testing

Foreword by [Dan Wahlin](http://weblogs.asp.net/dwahlin). You can also find [Dan](http://twitter.com/DanWahlin) on Twitter.

**About the Book**

It is packed with solutions you need to be an [AngularJS](http://angularjs.org) ninja. Topics include:

- Interacting with a RESTful web service
- Building custom reusable components
- Testing
- Asynchronous programming
- Building services
- Providing advanced visualizations

**Audience**

- New to AngularJS
- Working knowledge of HTML and CSS
- Familiarity with basic JavaScript

**Developer Environment**

- A text editor (Sublime Text [2](http://www.sublimetext.com/2)/[3](http://www.sublimetext.com/3))
- A browser ([Google Chrome](https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/))
- [Git](http://git-scm.com/)
- [Karma](http://karma-runner.github.io/0.10/index.html) and [NodeJS](http://nodejs.org/)

**Links**

- http://angularjs.org
- http://docs.angularjs.org/api/
- http://nodejs.org
- http://fullstack.io
- http://www.hackreactor.com
- http://google.com