What is Angular?
Angular is a front end framework, developed and maintained by Google that is predominantly used for building single page applications (SPAs) using HTML & TypeScript. Angular developers are able to build single page web apps, mobile apps and more with this widely trusted platform.
Angular is the successor to AngularJS and is essentially a complete rewrite of it's predecessor with enhanced features and functionality.
Key Features
- Two Way Data Binding - Synchronises data between the component and view in real time, easing the process of developing web applications
- Component Based Architecture - A structured and modular approach where applications are built from encapsulated components, each responsible for its own logic and view. This simplifies code management, improves maintainability and makes it easier to scale applications as each component can be developed, tested and reused independently.
- Dependency Injection - Improves modularity and testability
- Directives - Built-in directives and services allow developers to streamline common tasks, while its extensive ecosystem supports a wide range of third-party libraries and tools
- Efficient Asynchronous Operations - Using observables and operators, Angular simplifies the management of asynchronous tasks such as HTTP requests and user interactions.
How Can Angular help my business?
Enhanced User Experience
Angular allows you to build dynamic and responsive web applications with a rich user interface. This can greatly enhance the user experience, leading to increased user engagement and satisfaction within your company.
Faster Development
Angular provides a structured and modular approach to web development. It offers features like declarative templates, data binding, and dependency injection, which can significantly speed up the development process. This can help your business in delivering products and features to market more quickly.
Code Reusability
Angular promotes code reusability through its component-based architecture. Components can be easily reused across different parts of your application, reducing development time and effort. This can be particularly beneficial for businesses that require multiple web applications or modules.
Scalability
Angular is designed to handle large-scale applications. It provides features like lazy loading, which allows you to load modules on-demand, improving performance and scalability. This can be advantageous for businesses that anticipate growth and expansion in their web applications.
Community and Support
Angular has a large and active community of developers, which means there are plenty of resources, tutorials and libraries available. This can help your business in finding solutions to challenges, staying updated with the latest trends, and accessing support when needed.
Overall, adopting Angular for your business can result in improved productivity, better user experiences, and the ability to develop scalable and maintainable web applications.
Ideal Projects for Angular
Angular is a solid contender for all types of front end development work and it would be impossible to create an exhaustive list that covered them all. That being said, here are some of the projects we have found to be particularly well suited to this versatile technology -
Enterprise Web Applications
Angular was built around scalability and structure. It's opinionated architecture, strong typing via TypeScript, built in dependency injection and modular design make it a great choice for large, complex applications including CRM, WFM and ERP systems.
Single Page Applications (SPAs)
Angular offers routing, powerful data binding and reusable components - all of which help developers build fast, responsive SPAs with a consistent user experience. It's built in router also makes multi view SPAs easy to manage. Online booking and scheduling systems, learning platforms and productivity apps are examples of where Angular can provide fantastic results in this regard.
Progressive Web Applications (PWAs)
Angular provides out of the box support for building PWAs, including service workers, offline caching and installation prompts. It helps deliver a native app like experience using just web technologies and is ideal for travel applications, retail catalogues and news apps.
Content Management Systems (CMS)
Through it's strong form handling, reactive programming model and component based structure, Angular makes it straight forward to build dynamic CMS interfaces. It integrates well with headless CMS APIs to display and manage content effectively so custom editorial dashboards, multi user publishing platforms and content moderation tools are all good projects for Angular.
Ecommerce Platforms
Angular's built in tools for state management, form validation, routing and HTTP services make it a solid choice for complex ecommerce logic including carts, filtering, product searches and secure checkouts. By extension, Angular makes a great choice for bespoke storefronts, subscription service sites and marketplace platforms.
How Can We Help??
Our expert angular developers are highly adept at working with this popular and customisable framework. We can use it to help you with new application development, migrate an application that is currently built on another framework to Angular and we can also offer on-going support and maintenance for your Angular applications. We can help you decide if Angular is the best technology to allow you to achieve the business outcomes you desire.
FAQs
Q) Is Angular a dead framework?
A) No. As of January 2024, there are no plans to discontinue with Angular and in fact, Google offers LTS to Angular suggesting the framework will be around for some time.
Q What sort of companies use Angular?
A) Angular is used by companies big and small for all sorts of different use cases. Gmail, Forbes, Upwork and LEGO all trust Angular for their single page applications.
Further Reading
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