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Where to start on AngularJS for Java Developer

Background: If you are a Java developer who is comfortable using Eclipse (JEE Developer version) you may be asking yourself where to start with AngularJS. There is all kinds of documentation out there in regards to AngularJS and https://angularjs.org/ provides, to the point, tutorials on how to get started. You can certainly go that route and use node.js embedded server and possibly a Javascript focused IDE like WebStorm. However I wanted to try and stay in a comfort zone, my comfort zone, of Eclipse and be in a position to deploy an Angular application to a container like Tomcat. This blog entry will present the trail I took to try and accomplish it. Note: This is an adventure into Angular 1.x, not 2.x.  I would imagine this could all work with 2.x as well as it is focused on the dev environment setup. Start: Well the one consistent thing you will find to get started is to install the AngularJS Plugin, provided by Angelo ZERR.  You can use the Eclipse 4.5 (Mars) plugin inst