<h1 class="no-toc">Introduction to the Angular Docs</h1>

Angular is an application design framework and development platform for creating efficient and sophisticated single-page apps.

These Angular docs help you learn and use the Angular framework and development platform, from your first application to optimizing complex single-page apps for enterprises.
Tutorials and guides include downloadable examples to accelerate your projects.


<div class="card-container">
  <a href="guide/what-is-angular" class="docs-card" title="Angular Platform Overview">
    <section>What is Angular</section>
    <p>Get a high-level overview of the Angular platform.</p>
    <p class="card-footer">Platform overview</p>
  </a>
  <a href="guide/setup-local" class="docs-card" title="Angular Local Environment Setup">
    <section>Get Started</section>
    <p>Set up your local environment for development with the Angular CLI.</p>
    <p class="card-footer">Local setup</p>
  </a>
  <a href="guide/architecture" class="docs-card" title="Angular Concepts">
    <section>Learn and Explore</section>
    <p>Learn about the fundamental design concepts and architecture of Angular apps.</p>
    <p class="card-footer">Introduction to Angular concepts</p>
  </a>
  <a href="start" class="docs-card" title="Try out Angular">
    <section>Take a Look</section>
    <p>Examine and work with a small ready-made Angular app, without any setup.</p>
    <p class="card-footer">Try it now</p>
  </a>
  <a href="tutorial" class="docs-card" title="Work through a full tutorial">
    <section>Hello World</section>
    <p>Work through a full tutorial to create your first app.</p>
    <p class="card-footer">Tour of Heroes tutorial</p>
  </a>
</div>


## Assumptions


These docs assume that you are already familiar with [HTML](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Learn/HTML/Introduction_to_HTML "Learn HTML"), [CSS](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Learn/CSS/First_steps "Learn CSS"), [JavaScript](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/A_re-introduction_to_JavaScript "Learn JavaScript"),
and some of the tools from the [latest standards](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Language_Resources "Latest JavaScript standards"), such as [classes](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Classes "ES2015 Classes") and [modules](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/import "ES2015 Modules").
The code samples are written using [TypeScript](https://www.typescriptlang.org/ "TypeScript").
Most Angular code can be written with just the latest JavaScript, using [types](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/classes.html "TypeScript Types") for dependency injection, and using [decorators](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/decorators.html "Decorators") for metadata.


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