What is Angular Framework?

Built on Typescript, Angular is an open-source framework for developing web apps that run on the client side.

The Angular team has released multiple versions since its establishment. 

Angular Versions 1 and 2 were markedly different frameworks, while they shared numerous similarities.To prevent confusion, the Angular team designated the current version as "Angular" and referred to the previous version as "AngularJS". AngularJS was developed in JavaScript, whereas Angular was not.

Angular offers:- 

• Angular is esteemed for its cross-platform capabilities and its facilitation of progressive online applications, which provide an app-like experience by using the functionalities of modern web platforms. 
• It provides seamless installation, offline functionality, and exceptional performance. Therefore, utilising Angular is fundamentally straightforward. 
• The Ionic Framework, NativeScript, and React Native can be utilised to develop native mobile applications employing various methodologies. 
• By employing the Angular methodologies acquired for web development, you may construct desktop applications compatible with Mac, Windows, and Linux. Velocity and Efficiency, 
• Code generation: Angular transforms your templates into code that is highly optimised for JavaScript virtual machines, providing the advantages of manually written code alongside the efficiency of a framework. 
• Universal: Any technology, such as PHP, .NET, Node.js, and other servers, can be utilised with Angular to deliver the application. 
• Code splitting: The updated Component Router for Angular applications provides automatic code-splitting, ensuring that users load only the essential code required to render the requested view, hence enhancing application load speed. Productivity 
• Templates: Efficiently generate UI views with a straightforward yet robust template syntax.

Angular is a JavaScript framework that is hosted and maintained by Google.

Angular also incorporates the advantages derived from ES6. - 

• For and Of loops
• Enhanced dependency injection 
• Iterators - Reflection 
• Dynamic loading 
• Asynchronous template compilation 
• Streamlined Routing 
•  Cross-Platform

 

The primary building blocks of Angular are:

• Modules (e.g., NgModules)- break the application into smaller, reusable components.
• Components
• Templates- Employs templates to delineate the view, facilitating dynamic and quick user interface modifications.
• Directives
• Services - Simplifies RESTful and API interactions.
• Dependency Injection- Efficiently manages and injects dependencies to improve modularity.
• Pipes
• Routing
• Two-way data binding: Automatic model-view data synchronisation.

Angular is based on TypeScript. Latest Angular version is 19.0.0, published November 19, 2024.