When comparing AngularJS by Example vs Thinkster, the Slant community recommends Thinkster for most people. In the question“What are the best resources to learn AngularJS?” Thinkster is ranked 4th while AngularJS by Example is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose Thinkster is:
The tutorials walk you through building different apps such as a Slack clone and simplified Google+ clone.
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Pros
Pro Anticipates and explains errors
The author anticipates many of the common errors you may encounter while working through the practice examples. He explains why they happen, and how to prevent them.
Pro Real world projects
The book incrementally develops more than one real world angular apps with detailed explanation of Angularjs concepts. Companion source code also works just fine with angular v 1.3
Pro Real-world projects
The tutorials walk you through building different apps such as a Slack clone and simplified Google+ clone.
Pro Available online, as a PDF and screencast
Depending on your needs or wishes you can get the ebook, screencasts, sample code on thinkster.io.
Cons
Con "Handling Common Scenarios" chapter could be more in-depth
The chapter explains a few common scenarios and how to deal with them using best practices.
However it's a bit light for a fairly important chapter and only touches on things like authentication and authorization.
Con Monthly subscription to access videos
With a free account, you are able to view all the text in a tutorial. However to view the videos, you have to sign up for a monthly subscription ($19/month).