A simple Angular app to search the App Store by app id and retrieve specific app information.

Built with Yeoman, AngularJS, AngularUI, Coffeescript, SASS and the iTunes Search API

Installation

If you haven't already:

npm install -g yo grunt-cli bower

If you want to enhance the app, you'll need the yeoman angular generator:

npm install generator-angular

You will need node and npm to do this.

Running the app

git clone git://github.com/tricinel/angular-app-finder.git
cd angular-app-finder
npm install
bower install
grunt server

Using the app

Enter an app ID and the form will return a nice layout with the app's information, if the app is found.

App information

• application icon
• application name
• application price
• application screenshots
• application iPad screenshots, if any
• applicaiton App Store web link
• application version number
• application company name
• application company link
• application category
• application average user rating

Under the hood

• AngularUI: alert, carousel, dropdown toggle, rating, tabs
• Local storage of previously searched apps via angular-cookies

Resources

• The iTunes Search API
• iTunes Search API Examples

TODO

• more polished design
• responsive design