I don't know if I can help you get through the frustration phase.
Fortunately, my company provides me with access to Pluralsight classes (
http://www.pluralsight.com/). I have some classes in HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript scheduled after the completion of my current project. A little later this year, I will be placing the following Angular classes on my calendar:
Angular: The Big Picture
AngularJS: Get Started (beginner)
AngularJS Fundamentals (intermediate)
AngularJS Line of Business Applications
Building a SPA Framework Using AngularJS
It takes 21 hours to get through these five Angular classes. It usually takes me longer because I often pause the classes to try things for myself.
I'm hoping the Angular classes will help get me through the frustration phase quicker. I know Pluralsight won't be for everyone. People have different learning styles, time schedules and budget constraints. But I thought that I'd throw this out there as an option.
Disclaimer - I am not associated with Pluralsight in any way and do not benefit in any way by mentioning their services.
Thanks,
Kelly
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From: WEB400 [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nathan Andelin
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2015 12:58 PM
To: Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: [WEB400] Angular JS - Need a Little Help Getting Past the Frustration Phase
I'll begin with quotes from the documentation. "Angular is what HTML would have been, had it been designed for applications."
"Angular frees you from registering callbacks, manipulating HTML DOM, programmatically marshalling data to an from the UI, writing tons of initialization code just to get started."
How's that for encouragement?
Notwithstanding assurances, the documentation is full of geeky jargon with abstract explanations; without any meaningful context.
https://docs.angularjs.org/guide/introduction
The terminology includes data binding, services, controllers, dependency injection, templates, directives, expressions, filters, forms, animations, modules, providers, bootstrap, unit testing, HTML compiler, E2E testing, etc.
Some of the terms may sound familiar, except in a browser framework they mostly sound peculiar; like trying to force complex architectural abstractions into a runtime environment designed for simple UI rendering and event processing (browsers)
Can't blame it entirely on my personal ineptitude. Angular goals and concepts are good. Some of the abstractions are beginning to make sense.
But then I think of alternatives to what the framework proposes; that can be discouraging.
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