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Can you specify some of the forthcoming improvements? I want to like Angular, but every time I've actually used it has been a practical and conceptual headache.

by lukifer 12y ago

Can you specify some of the forthcoming improvements? I want to like Angular, but every time I've actually used it has been a practical and conceptual headache. (Also, the idea that they're creating a new compile-to-JS language seems strange and unnecessary.)

ddoolin 12y ago
A decent overview: http://www.infoq.com/news/2014/10/angular-2-atscript http://www.infoq.com/news/2014/10/angular-2-atscript The kicker is elimination of these concepts: Controllers, Directive Definition Object, $scope, angular.module, and jqLite
- michaelchisari 12y ago
  The addition of a whole new scripting language seems... overly complicated.
  - paulhodge 12y ago
    It's TypeScript with the addition of a few key features that are helpful for Angular's design. Technically, Angular 1.0 also had its own scripting language too. It's kind of inevitable, since Javascript itself is one of the obstacles to making a better web framework.
    - emilis_info 12y ago
      I think it is more Dart... At least the AtScript specification mentions Dart more often than any other language.
  - kuni-toko-tachi 12y ago
    It's utterly insane. Just as in AngularJS 1.3 they have invented there own expression language which floats around in HTML attributes, thereby eliminating the use of Javascript itself and all it's functional goodness. And worst, the user has to incur the cost of downloading this needless code for the expression language to bootstrap the framework.
  - alexsopilot 12y ago
    The language is layered on top of Javascript and is completely optional.
  - EugeneOZ 12y ago
    It's not new language, just syntax sugar. And optional.
- mcv 12y ago
  What?! I finally understand all the aspects of the directive definition object, and now they're throwing it out?
jbergens 12y ago
Check out examples of using TypeScript with Angular (or DartAngular). Gives you a lot of benefits today. Personally I think Angular is great but React is even better and I will probably use the latter for my next project if I can choose.

by lukifer 12y ago

ddoolin 12y ago

A decent overview: http://www.infoq.com/news/2014/10/angular-2-atscript http://www.infoq.com/news/2014/10/angular-2-atscript The kicker is elimination of these concepts: Controllers, Directive Definition Object, $scope, angular.module, and jqLite

michaelchisari 12y ago
The addition of a whole new scripting language seems... overly complicated.
- paulhodge 12y ago
  It's TypeScript with the addition of a few key features that are helpful for Angular's design. Technically, Angular 1.0 also had its own scripting language too. It's kind of inevitable, since Javascript itself is one of the obstacles to making a better web framework.
  - emilis_info 12y ago
    I think it is more Dart... At least the AtScript specification mentions Dart more often than any other language.
- kuni-toko-tachi 12y ago
  It's utterly insane. Just as in AngularJS 1.3 they have invented there own expression language which floats around in HTML attributes, thereby eliminating the use of Javascript itself and all it's functional goodness. And worst, the user has to incur the cost of downloading this needless code for the expression language to bootstrap the framework.
- alexsopilot 12y ago
  The language is layered on top of Javascript and is completely optional.
- EugeneOZ 12y ago
  It's not new language, just syntax sugar. And optional.
mcv 12y ago
What?! I finally understand all the aspects of the directive definition object, and now they're throwing it out?

jbergens 12y ago

Check out examples of using TypeScript with Angular (or DartAngular). Gives you a lot of benefits today. Personally I think Angular is great but React is even better and I will probably use the latter for my next project if I can choose.