A Review of Trend-Setting AngularJS Applications

Angular JS is a JavaScript-based framework for creating dynamic single-page websites. It is a full-featured MVC framework with a low toolchain (Libraries) and follows Micro-frontend Architecture.  It is – (1) written in JavaScript and HTML, (2) has a high learning curve, (3) client-side rendering, (4) bi-directional data binding, and (5) regular DOM, (6) It is a prominent front-end framework for web development, (7) makes appealing websites and reuses underlying JS, and (8) HTML code and removes redundancy.

What does a front-end developer need to know?

HTML/CSS, JavaScript/jQuery, CSS, JavaScript Frameworks, CSS Pre-processing, Version Control/Git, Responsive Design, Testing/Debugging, Browser Developer Tools, Building and Automation Tools/Web Performance and Command-Line.

What are the alternatives to AngularJS?

Angular has always been a preferable JavaScript framework for front-end development besides Vue.js, Chrome Developer Tool, Ionic 2, NPM, Tensorflow, Grid Guide, Grunt, Meteor, GIT Extensions, SAAS, Sublime Text, Backbone, CodePen and Foundation.

What features do AngularJS offer?

AngularJS allows developers to own their web applications.

• MVC (Model, View, and Controller) architecture
• Two-way Data Binding
• Templates
• Directives
• Expressions
• Modules
• Scope (JavaScript Object)
• Filters
• Templating
• RESTful API handling
• Modularization
• AJAX Handling
• Dependency Injection

How AngularJS helps?

AngularJS combines components, development best practices, and design patterns into a single framework. It acts as an umbrella solution to resolve all the challenges while creating single-page applications. It supports standard models – views – controllers – services, making Angular use MVC and dependency injection. AngularJS promises higher productivity, efficiency, safety, and convenience.

Features like Popularity – architecture – learning curve – development speed – flexibility – freedom – app performance – user experience – mobile solutions – testability – ease of updating – app goals – system constraints – the size of business – and more factors help structure a mobile app.

Angular has clean code, higher performance, better error handling, seamless updates using Angular CLI, which are suitable for fast development.

Why choose Angular?

• It offers end-to-end application development experience with Angular CLI.
• It has a steep learning curve.
• It is a secure client-side web framework and offers features like DOM sanitation.
• You can create web apps, mobile apps, native mobile and native desktop apps with Angular.
• Angular is extensively used in the industry and has excellent tooling support.

When to use Angular?

• If you’re inclined to use TypeScript
• If the application is complex but not interactive (like Gmail or MS Office)
• If your web developers have an experience in JavaEE or Spring
• If your company wants to use one framework for multiple platforms

When not using Angular?

• If developers have expertise in JavaScript but not in heavy backend frameworks;
• If you require speedy development, Angular is possibly not for you;
• If you need your application to perform well on search engines;

Popular Applications and Websites Built With AngularJS

Websites

• YouTube for PS3
• Netflix
• Upwork
• Lego
• DoubleClick
• IBM
• Weather
• Istock
• GoodFilms
• JetBlue
• MobileRoadie
• Freelancer
• Landsend
• Wikiwand

Mobile Applications

• Microsoft Office
• PayPal – Money App & eWallet
• YouTube TV – Watch & Record Live TV
• Gmail – Secure, Fast, & Organized Email App
• Forbes Magazine App
• PayPal
• Gmail
• The Guardian
• Posse
• MallZee

Conclusive: What is the scope of AngularJS ?

Angular is one of the web development and app development frameworks amongst – React, Vue.js, Spring, Django, Ruby on Rails, ASP.NET Core, Flask, Express.js and Laravel. You need to follow the criteria to choose the web development framework:

• It should be mainstream and well-adapted in the industry.
• It should be popular and stable.
• They should be in demand.
• They should not be a legacy framework (i.e. jQuery) or not in maintenance mode (e.g. ASP.Net, AngularJS)

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