Angular (application platform)
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| Developer(s) | |
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| Initial release | 14 September 2016 |
| Stable release |
4.4.4 / 28 September 2017
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| Preview release |
5.0.0-rc.0 / 28 September 2017
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| Repository | github |
| Development status | Active |
| Written in | TypeScript |
| Platform | Cross-platform, modern browsers only |
| Type | JavaScript, Single-page application Framework |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | angular |
Angular (commonly referred to as "Angular 2+" or "Angular 2") is a TypeScript-based open-source front-end web application platform led by the Angular Team at Google and by a community of individuals and corporations to address all of the parts of the developer's workflow while building complex web applications. Angular is a complete rewrite from the same team that built AngularJS.
Angular is a framework for building client applications in HTML and either JavaScript or a language like TypeScript that compiles to JavaScript.Angular combines declarative templates, dependency injection, end to end tooling, and integrated best practices to solve development challenges. Angular empowers developers to build applications that live on the web, mobile, or the desktop.
Angular was a ground-up rewrite of AngularJS and has many unique qualities.
Originally, the rewrite of AngularJS was called "Angular 2" by the team, but this led to confusion among developers. To clarify, the team announced that separate terms should be used for each framework with "AngularJS" referring to the 1.X versions and "Angular" without the "JS" referring to versions 2 and up.
Angular 2.0 was announced at the ng-Europe conference 22-23. September 2014. The drastic changes in the 2.0 version created considerable controversy among developers. On April 30, 2015, the Angular developers announced that Angular 2 moved from Alpha to Developer Preview. Angular 2 moved to Beta in December 2015, and the first release candidate was published in May 2016. The final version was released on September 14, 2016.
On 13 December 2016 Angular 4 was announced, skipping 3 to avoid a confusion due to the misalignment of the router package's version which was already distributed as v3.3.0. The final version was released on March 23, 2017. Angular 4 is backward compatible with Angular 2.
Angular version 4.3 is a minor release, meaning that it contains no breaking changes and that it is a drop-in replacement for 4.x.x.
Features in version 4.3
Angular 5 will release on October 23, 2017. Key improvements in Angular 5 include support for progressive Web apps, a build optimizer and improvements related to Material Design. Angular 6 release will be pushed back to March or April 2018, with Angular 7 showing up in September of October 2018. Each version is expected to be backward-compatible with the prior release. Google pledged to do twice-a-year upgrades.
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