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Angular is a comprehensive platform for building dynamic, single-page web applications using HTML and TypeScript. It provides a robust framework that enables developers to create efficient and scalable applications across various platforms, including web, mobile web, native mobile, and native desktop. Key Features and Functionality: - Cross-Platform Development: Angular allows developers to build applications that can run seamlessly on multiple platforms, facilitating code reuse and reducing development time. - High Performance: The framework is optimized for maximum speed on the web platform, incorporating features like Web Workers and server-side rendering to enhance performance. - Modular Architecture: Angular's modular design, through the use of NgModules, helps organize applications into cohesive blocks of functionality, making them easier to manage and scale. - Comprehensive Tooling: With a wide array of tools and libraries, Angular simplifies the development process. It offers declarative templates, extensive IDE support, and a rich ecosystem of components and directives. - Strong Community Support: Backed by a large community and maintained by Google, Angular benefits from continuous improvements, extensive documentation, and a wealth of third-party resources. Primary Value and Solutions Provided: Angular addresses the challenges of developing complex web applications by offering a structured and maintainable approach. Its component-based architecture promotes reusability and testability, while its powerful data binding and dependency injection systems streamline development. By providing a unified platform with consistent patterns and practices, Angular enables developers to build high-quality applications efficiently, reducing both development time and maintenance costs.

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Sri Krishna S.

Database and Software System Analyst

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/21/2016

"Angular 2 Beta"

5/5

What do you like best about Angular?

Ease of development.

The ability to truly move View related code to Front end.

Ability to do modular development in front end (javascript) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Angular?

Lack of books, and documentation, though it is expected of very new products Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Angular:

Javascript has come along a long way since it was introduced to browsers. Nodejs took Javascript to servers. Angular 2 has pushed the limit even further. With Angular 2, it is easy to create very large single page applications. If you have enough time or if you trying to build a large application, you should consider Angular 2 for front end, no matter you choose for back end.

And since angular 2 is shipped inside npm, it interacts nicely with other npm modules. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Angular solving and how is that benefiting you?

Better User experience.

I realized complete separation of UI from data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tomáš H.

Freelance Web Developer/Architect/Consultant

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/19/2016

"I think this is a future of web development."

4/5

What do you like best about Angular?

TypeScript aided dependency injection, providers with hierarchical scopes, observables and RxJS support. New template syntax is fine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Angular?

The "Expression has changed after it was checked" error. I fear this is going to be serious problem to be able to write code so that this does not happen. Also, ngBootstrap is incomplete, and Angular Material nonexistent . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Angular:

Don't be put off by the rants of so called JS gurus. Many of them are stong React enthusiasts and will say bad things about Angular.io all the time, but it's quite possible that they never even tried it. Do your own research and decide for yourself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Angular solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are rewriting old social insights application and choosing between Angular.io and React. I have written a few prototypes and I'm impressed. So far, Angular.io seems better even though it does not really have and ecosystem to speak of yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/26/2016

"Just starting to learn NG2. It feels like starting over."

3.5/5

What do you like best about Angular?

Considering G2 has a separate entry for AngularJS, this review will only cover my limited experience with Angular 2.

My initial perceptions are largely position. Specifically, I'm a fan of:

- component-based architecture (feels like Web Components)

- one-way binding options (and killing off `$watch`es)

- promised performance (shadow DOM)

- powerful language options (Typescript, specifically)

- observables (well, probably) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Angular?

You will likely be starting. ALL over. New framework, new language, new build tools. Support is growing, expect to burn a lot of time just getting your bearings straight.

I have no production code in Angular 2 yet, only a few pet projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Angular:

Start learning now; be patient. Angular 2 will have you using a bunch of unfamiliar tools. Make a small project, starting with the basics. You'll run into roadblocks -- on simple stuff! -- so adequate time to read up on the next-gen tools and language features.

BONUS: if you, like me, need to continue active dev in Angular 1.x, I suggest:

- Replacing `$scope` with `controllerAs` syntax

- Seek and destroy explicit `$watch`es

- Composing page elements via `component` or `directive`s

- Adhering to John Papa's Angular style guide (with a few grains of salt) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Angular solving and how is that benefiting you?

Nothing so far, using Angular 2. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Denis L.

Front End Developer

Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/15/2016

"Trendy 2016 Front End framework"

4/5

What do you like best about Angular?

ES6 syntax. Huge rendering performance optimization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Angular?

Early stage with all the consequences. Still small community. Small amount of ready-made solutions, in case you need custom dropdown, modal, etc - you have to build it from a scratch Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Angular:

Tricky question as Angular 2 still has small community and infrastructure so you'll have to build every custom element by yourself. If it's ok for you this then go ahead and start project with Angular 2.

Angular 1 has large community and many ready plugins but be ready to the fact that it will be abandoned by plugin's maintainers as community will slowly move to Angular 2. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Angular solving and how is that benefiting you?

I've used Angular 2 for prototyping my home project about bitcoin-trading analytic service Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in E-Learning

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/19/2016

"Great front-end web framework"

4/5

What do you like best about Angular?

I like the single-file ES6 (or Typescript) components. The documentation is off to a good start. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Angular?

The tutorials could be expanded, but it's still in beta, so there is time to improve on that. I think that the examples should use 4-space indentation, since it's easier to read than 2-space indentation, especially in languages with brackets. I think that Material Design tends to encourage people to go overboard with animation and that they should be more conservative with design. Materials Design looks like it's trying too hard, and it gets in the way due to its distracting nature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Angular:

The software is still in the early stages, so it's too soon to say. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Angular solving and how is that benefiting you?

Rapid application development. I know Vue.js, and Angular 2 is something like Vue, so it's fairly easy to understand the concepts in Angular 2 after that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Austin S.

Senior Ruby on Rails Programmer

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/19/2016

"Great for FrontEnd "

4/5

What do you like best about Angular?

Angular is continuing to innovate and many things become easier in web application development when you separate the frontend and backend concerns. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Angular?

The ramp up for Angular 1 was very long. It took a while to understand all of the concepts, so I feel it is not a good choice for beginners.

Also, when you use any javascript framework you are dependent on browser support, so it limits your overall market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/20/2016

"Angular and Ionic are doing a great work"

4/5

What do you like best about Angular?

Its way faster than 1.x versions. Also,with ionic using Angular2 helps me build awesome Hybrid Apps. Its way less cluttered than 1.x versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Angular?

The learning curve which includes TypeScript. But once I was done it felt great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Angular:

Although its in Beta, I suggest everyone to start experimenting with it and start shifting their code base to Angular2. It will help a lot later on Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Angular solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have been using Angular and Ionic for the past 2 years but with Angular2 I have received a huge performance boost Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Peter M.

Software Developer

Financial Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/19/2016

"Great website, even through their alpha period"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Angular?

Their documentation is very straight forward _and_ is drawn straight from the source code. It also contains links and examples to their existing code base. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Angular?

As of right now, not all parts of the documentation are completed or fully fleshed out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Angular:

I'd recommend starting any new applications using Angular 2 instead of Angular 1.x. Angular 2 is faster and more comparable to modern web standards and frameworks such as ReactJS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Angular solving and how is that benefiting you?

Building an Angular 2 app with highly reusable and scaleable web components Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amar Babu K.

Vice President

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/19/2016

"New face of Angular - go for 2.0"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Angular?

AngularJS-2.0 is on top of web standards and takes advantage of some of the web components' APIs.

It is much faster and lighter compared to AngularJS 1.x , no two-way binding using ng-model, hence improves performance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Angular?

Not backward compatible with AngularJS 1.x.

2.0 implemented in TypeScript but you don't have to use it if you don't want to Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.