I'm surprised there was no mention of Google Polymer in this article (and very little in the comments). As I understand it, one of the big reasons why Angular w

I'm surprised there was no mention of Google Polymer in this article (and very little in the comments). As I understand it, one of the big reasons why Angular wasn't backwards compatible is that they wanted to remove directives and opt for a more web-components-compatible approach. Having worked with Polymer during the past few months, I'm very impressed with its modularity and the simplicity one can achieve because of how each component's features are well-encapsulated.