# Tutorial

A great way to get introduced to Angular is to work through this tutorial, which walks you through the construction of an AngularJS web app. The app you will build is a catalog that displays a list of Android devices, lets you filter the list to see only devices that interest you, and then view details for any device.

Work through the tutorial to see how Angular makes browsers smarter â without the use of extensions or plug-ins. As you work through the tutorial, you will:

- See examples of how to use client-side data binding and dependency injection to build dynamic views of data that change immediately in response to user actions.
- See how Angular creates listeners on your data without the need for DOM manipulation.
- Learn a better, easier way to test your web apps.
- Learn how to use Angular services to make common web tasks, such as getting data into your app, easier.

And all of this works in any browser without modification to the browser!

When you finish the tutorial you will be able to:

- Create a dynamic application that works in any browser.
- Define the differences between Angular and common JavaScript frameworks.
- Understand how data binding works in AngularJS.
- Use the angular-seed project to quickly boot-strap your own projects.
- Create and run tests.
- Identify resources for learning more about AngularJS.

The tutorial guides you through the entire process of building a simple application, including writing and running unit and end-to-end tests. Experiments at the end of each step provide suggestions for you learn more about AngularJS and the application you are building.

You can go through the whole tutorial in a couple of hours or you may want to spend a pleasant day really digging into it. If you're looking for a shorter introduction to AngularJS, check out the Getting Started document.

## Working with the code

You can follow this tutorial and hack on the code in either the Mac/Linux or the Windows environment. Options for working with the tutorial are to use the Git versioning system for source code management or to use scripts that copy snapshots of project files into your workspace (`sandbox`) directory. Select one of the tabs below and follow the instructions for setting up your computer for your preferred option.

1. Verify that you have Java installed by running the following command in a terminal window:

       java -version

   You will need Java to run unit tests.

2. Download Git from the Git site.

   You can build Git from source or use the pre-compiled package.

3. Clone the angular-phonecat repository located at Github by running the following command:

       git clone git://github.com/angular/angular-phonecat.git

   This command creates the `angular-phonecat` directory in your current directory.

4. Change your current directory to `angular-phonecat`:

       cd angular-phonecat

   The tutorial instructions assume you are running all commands from the angular-phonecat directory.

5. You will need an http server running on your system. Mac and Linux machines typically have Apache pre-installed, but If you don't already have one installed, you can install node.js. Use `node` to run `scripts/web-server.js`, a simple bundled http server.

1. You will need Java to run unit tests, so run the following command to verify that you have Java installed and that the `java` executable is on your `PATH`.

       java -version

2. Install msysGit from the Git site.

3. Open msysGit bash and clone the angular-phonecat repository located at Github by running the following command:

       git clone git://github.com/angular/angular-phonecat.git

   This command creates the angular-phonecat directory in your current directory.

4. Change your current directory to angular-phonecat.

       cd angular-phonecat

   The tutorial instructions assume you are running all commands from the angular-phonecat directory.

   You should run all `git` commands from msysGit bash.

   Other commands like `test-server.bat` or `test.bat` should be executed from the Windows command line.

5. You need an http server running on your system. If you don't already have one installed, you can install node.js. Download the pre-compiled binaries, unzip them, and then add `nodejs\bin` into your `PATH`. Use `node` to run `scripts\web-server.js`, a simple, bundled http server.

1. You need Java to run unit tests, so verify that you have Java installed by running the following command in a terminal window:

       java -version

2. Download the zip archive containing all of the files and unzip them into the [tutorial-dir] directory

   .

3. Change your current directory to [tutorial-dir]/sandbox, as follows:

       cd [tutorial-dir]/sandbox

   The tutorial instructions assume you are running all commands from your `sandbox` directory.

4. You need an http server running on your system and Mac and Linux machines typically have Apache pre-installed. If you don't have an http server installed, you can install node.js and use it to run `scripts/web-server.js`, a simple bundled http server.

1. Verify that you have Java installed and that the `java` executable is on your `PATH` by running the following command in the Windows command line:

       java -version

   You need Java to run unit tests, so download the zip archive that contains all of the files and unzip the files into the [tutorial-dir] directory

2. Change your current directory to [tutorial-dir]/sandbox, as follows:

       cd [tutorial-dir]/sandbox

   The tutorial instructions assume you are running all commands from this directory.

3. You need an http server running on your system, but if you don't already have one already installed, you can install node.js. Download the pre-compiled binaries, unzip them, and then add `nodejs\bin` into your `PATH`. Use `node` to run `scripts\web-server.js`, a simple bundled http server.

The last thing to do is to make sure your computer has a web browser and a good text editor installed. Now, let's get going with step 0.