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angular2

Angular, Web

Demystifying a few Angular2 concepts for starters

Being immersed in the JavaScript frameworks world can be intimidating. Today, I will try to demystify a few concepts and perhaps at the same time answer some questions that someone starting with Angular2 will most probably have. The framework is mature enough at this point in time to be able share some of the basics, but useful, things that one should have in mind when using it. Angular2 uses TypeScript TypeScript is a subset of JavaScript that is strongly typed, unlike JavaScript which is dynamically typed. Without going into too much details, it basically means that the compiler will not let you put a type into another. For instance, assigning a number (may it be a short, int, double, etc) to a…

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Angular, React, Web

Angular2 or React in the business environment

In 2015 and 2016, React was at the top of front end libraries for creating reusable components. AngularJS (Angular 1) was being slowly left behind; the Google team after 5 years of development learned from the users and came out with Angular 2. The framework was rewritten completely and it really is an amazing accomplishment. As a software architect, a key task of my job is to evaluate the current and future tools, frameworks and libraries out there and see if one of more could potentially be a fit for the development team. As you probably know, they are a lot of articles comparing both React and Angular 2. As a user of both, I want to share with you my findings….

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