Angular 1 was great. It was first of its kind. And it was just a bit complex - but not too much. Ng2 felt too different. Ng1 to Ng2 made me look outside and th

Angular 1 was great. It was first of its kind. And it was just a bit complex - but not too much. Ng2 felt too different. Ng1 to Ng2 made me look outside and there was React gaining ground - perfect timing. In its original state React is so much simpler than Angular. But then React with just the basics can make you create bad code - that's what happened to me. React with best practices - is hard to digest. So I went back to Ng2 - soon enough I was craving to go back to React. Suddenly I started hating Angular2 (but loved TypeScript). I spent time learning React best practices - that require some patience. But one thing I brought on from Ng2 was TypeScript. TS makes you a lot more productive. Now React and TS is not a widely accepted combination - but its very productive as your app grows.