The quality of the documentation has admittedly gone down recently. Seems like people are just adding incoherent pieces of information to it as they go along an

The quality of the documentation has admittedly gone down recently. Seems like people are just adding incoherent pieces of information to it as they go along and solve the problems they face. I really think it's the job of the core devs, to write, or at least edit the docs. Ultimately, I don't think bad docs (which aren't actually all that bad...) are the reason newcomers find it difficult. After all, there's a bunch of resources by now, on various blogs, stackoverflow and even books were written on the subject. It's just that people are looking for quick wins and something they can start hacking on now, while completely ignoring the long-term benefits of adopting something as sturdy as Angular. I've been working with Angular for about a year and a half now, and it's been very worthwhile going through the initial learning process.