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Angular is a development platform for creating applications using modern web standards. Angular includes a wealth of essential features such as mobile gestures, animations, filtering, routing, data binding, security, internationalization, and beautiful UI components. It's extremely modular, lightweight, and easy to learn. 2.0 is in Beta!

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James C.

Career Services Manager, Colorado

Higher Education

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/10/2016

"The reason why Angular remains the most popular framework"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Angular?

Angular is by far one of the most popular and supported front-end frameworks out there. It's developed and supported by a team at google which gives it instant credibility and so many companies/employers are hot for angular and will be even hotter for angular devs when 2.0 is all rolled out.

In comparing a framework, I don’t look at the common criteria of performance, popularity, or size. (It’s good to know these things, but you can easily find that information elsewhere.) I actually care about something else. If i'm going to be supporting my app for it's lifetime, I want to make sure it's not more of a hassle down the road.

Most frameworks help you spin up apps quickly. That's all great but if you're in it for the long haul, you want to make sure you can easily support your app. Who really cares how quick you spun it up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Angular?

Too many frameworks fall into an all-too-common trap: they make it easy to get started quickly, which is great, and then make it very hard to maintain and extend your code over time.

Angular is known for having a steep learning curve and poor documentation. I think these are symptoms of a bigger problem. It’s not the documentation that’s at fault; it’s Angular. It’s just poorly designed. Here are a few of the flaws I discovered:

Finally, what we like to call, silent failure. It’s easy to do something wrong, have your app not work, and get no indication of why. Did you use "E" where you meant to use "A"? Your application just stopped working. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Angular:

I would recommend jumping right into 2.0 when available - there's a lot that's different from 1.0, it almost feels like another product. With Angular 2.0 on the horizon, embracing Angular today means you’re likely to need to rewrite in a couple of years. I would also look to join user groups, etc. the documentation on angular is much to be desired. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We utilize Angular in teaching to our students as part of our M.E.A.N. stack curriculum along with node.js, express and mongoDB. We've tried angular 1.0, backbone.js, and even ember.js and we came crawling back to Angular. We really like react.js but for teaching purposes it makes sense for us to use angular. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

André M.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/12/2016

"Great improvements from Angular 1"

4/5

What do you like best about Angular?

Angular2 brings massive improvements on code organization., specially with modules and components. It uses ES6 and typescript so the code becomes more readable and organized. Promises and observables are also really handy. There is no more $scope and data binding is achieved simply by variables within the class. Oh, and there is also a great performance improvement from v1 as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Angular?

There won't be backwards compatibility with previous versions, so if you're already using angularjs expect some major rewriting to comply with the new angular 2. It's not much of a dislike, but just a fact in case you're planning to upgrade. Starting now? Just go with Angular2! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cody B.

Enterprise Web Architect

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/19/2016

"Steep learning curve with solid eventual benefits"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Angular?

Angular represents a pinnacle of modern web development. For relatively complex, single-page web applications that need to perform like desktop apps, Angular delivers a lot of benefits. It promotes proper modularization of code and can help you organize a complex app into reusable components that are only downloaded as needed. Angular 2 promotes the use of TypeScript, a superset of JavaScript, which allows you additional benefits over pure JavaScript, which I like very much. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Angular?

I found the learning curve for Angular development to be somewhat steep, but that's coming from a developer who was shoving JavaScript into on-click handlers before JQuery was even born. The path to proficiency in Angular, for me, was not short. That being said, it forced me to modernize my tools, my workflow, and my overall front-end development approach. If you don't consider yourself up to speed on all the newfangled things like Node.js, CSS preprocessors, task runners like Gulp and what-not - you may want to think twice about diving into Angular development. If you're ready to up your game and the project can afford you or a team's learning curve, it might be worth it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Angular:

I highly recommend that you dive into Angular on a "pet" project before using it for a client engagement. I may just be a dunce, but it takes time to become proficient with it and you should really understand it before you can know if it's truly a good fit for a given set of requirements. Play with it as a side-hussle. Build something fun, but non-essential. Run it through the wringer before making a commitment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We're using Angular 2 to create the website and App Dev GUI for a cloud-based web development platform. Since our back-end datasource is exposed entirely through a REST API, we wanted to use a modern front-end framework that supports a service-oriented front-end architecture. That is to say - we handle most of the logic on the client (less server-side). For that, we need a robust set of features and capabilities for client side development. Angular seemed to be the most robust and mature framework for such a thing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Arthur F.

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Design

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/14/2016

"A huge step into the future of web apps"

4/5

What do you like best about Angular?

AngularJS 1 was already a great framework for building webapps and hybrid apps, but after using it for a while you start feeling the lack of code structure and some issues with performance. Angular 2 completely changes the game by introducing typescript as primary language and adopting the component based system. The performance improved a lot and it feels way more reliable than AngularJS 1. Angular 2 is also constantly being updated and normally issues that you may encounter will not last long. It is the beginning of the next generation framework. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Angular?

Angular 2 is still in early stages. The beta version just got released so expect small bugs and lack of some features. In the long term it will be a great framework, but it is still not there yet. Another problem is that it has no compatibility with Angular 1, this means that everything that you have done with angular 1, you will have to completely rewrite for Angular 2. It makes sense as the structure completely changed but it is something to consider. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Angular:

Read the documentation and search. Although you may not find all solutions on google, you will normally find what you are looking for at the documentation! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I started using AngularJS for prototyping and creating small web apps. I suddenly realised the power of the framework and started using it for everything. After realising some limitations on AngularJS 1, I ported some of my biggest apps to Angular 2 to see if these limitations were gone. I can't complain, Angular 2 just surprised me positively. I have no reasons to go back. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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.