> Imho, 1.x is still the best. Have you done any serious work in 2+ to make an assertion like that? I know people are still mad about the rewrite and I was on

> Imho, 1.x is still the best. Have you done any serious work in 2+ to make an assertion like that? I know people are still mad about the rewrite and I was one of them, but I would encourage you to try to look past it next time you are firing something up. 1.x was great but 2+ is orders of magnitude better especially when you throw TypeScript into the mix (I know you can use TS with 1.x but its a first class citizen with 2+). Seriously, its shockingly good. More predictable, stable, and faster with less magic than with 1.x. The angular cli is amazing (code gen, linter, test runner/reporter, auto upgrade wizard... powerful stuff) Being able to do proper component based dev with a sane api is a dream. Observables in 2+ are kind of a mixed bag IMO but, when used right, they offer a lot of benefits for managing streams of data in a functional, composable way. I commend the angular team for continuing to support 1.x but I'd be surprised if you still feel that 1.x is better after spending some time with with 2+.