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Discussion on: Is Angular Dead?

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Jacob

No angular is not dead. I still use it and recommend it for large/enterprise applications. It's a fantastic language even if it has a steep learning curve. I use Vue for smaller applications or applications that need a quick turn around.

The benefit of angular is that it's opinionated and has a relatively strict coding pattern. It has an easy upgrade path though and it's performance and abilities have increased with each release. It's Ivy compiler release was a huge improvement in performance and it has gotten better with each release.

That being said, all the main frameworks out today are damn good for building with. I came from a C++ background so typescript and angular were a pretty easy transition and mental model for me. I like React and Vue as well.

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Nathan Pasko

Thank you for reminding me of Angular’s strengths. Having been submerged in JavaScript for a year or two, I’m missing the advantages of typescript. I need to check out Vue at some point.

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Jacob

Yeah. I think the "wars" between frameworks is kind of silly really. You choose one, learn it in depth, and you'll be fine. That being said, I started learning Svelte because my non-Angular applications are more prioritized to: 1) Performance and 2) Minimal code to get up and running and Svelte seems to, in my opinion, address both of those better than React and Vue. There's a good talk here: svelte.dev/blog/svelte-3-rethinkin...