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The Top 8 Advantages of AngularJS Over Other Frameworks

Pros and cons of Angular js

By App Dev GuiderPublished 2 years ago 4 min read
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With so many frameworks and libraries out there, it can be hard to figure out which one to choose. Most developers will tell you that when it comes to building web applications, AngularJS is one of the best choices available— but why? There are many reasons why AngularJS has become so popular over the years, including its versatility and seamless integration with other technologies and its ability to scale as a project grows in size and complexity. Here are the Angularjs advantages over other frameworks.

1) Ease of development

When you write your code in JavaScript, learning Angular is easy. The markup used to build web pages with Angular’s structural directives and expressions (i.e., HTML) is straightforward to work with, even if you’re new to JavaScript. This way, you won’t have trouble finding things when working on a large codebase. Even better, as many prebuilt templates can be found online for free that are similar to what you need for your project—but only if it’s an open source project!

2) SEO friendliness

Since search engines are more likely to pull content from your site if it's clean and uncluttered, optimizing for indexing is crucial. That means keeping JavaScript files in your pages small and unobtrusive, and ensuring images are only linked to when they're actually visible to a user.

3) Better documentation

Not only is there more comprehensive documentation available, but it’s also easier to read and understand. The documentation includes code samples that help further explain how to implement something on your site. No matter what your programming skills are, you should be able to find what you need in order to get started with a custom-built website for your business. If you’re looking for an easy way to make updates or tweak things over time, then AngularJS is definitely worth checking out. It has a lot more flexibility than some other frameworks out there and will be helpful if you want to make edits later on down the road.

4) Maintainability and modularity

JavaScript is one of those languages that everyone loves to hate, but it’s everywhere for a reason. It can be quirky and error-prone, but JavaScript developers are some of the most talented in their field. As an open source language, you can use code from other projects when building new functionality. This makes it easy to build on top of previously successful projects instead of having to start from scratch every time. Many frameworks and libraries exist to solve common problems—like form validation or image uploading—to help you save time without sacrificing quality. For example, if your company needs a file uploader, you could use AngularFileUploader on top of jQuery UI instead of reinventing that wheel yourself.

5) Strong community support

JavaScript is an open-source language, and one of its major benefits is that there are a ton of resources out there. In fact, chances are you’ll find that any problem you encounter, someone else has already solved it. If you can’t find a library or tool to solve your problem, odds are good that you’ll be able to learn from someone who has. The community support for angular js is top notch. Because angular js has been developed with developers in mind, it comes with many features like two-way data binding which reduces load on developers and lets them do their job efficiently.

6) Better Plug & Play Components

The thing that sets Angular apart from other frameworks is its rich library of built-in components. These are available as ready-to-use, predefined directives and can be plugged in to a webpage by simply adding an attribute to an HTML tag. Anybody who has spent time with Backbone or even jQuery will tell you it’s very difficult to avoid creating your own code for certain things, because there are no off-the-shelf solutions available. While developers working with any framework will create their own bits and pieces here and there, if you want something off-the-shelf, then look to Angular.

7) Faster application development

Front-end development gets a lot easier when you have a framework to work from. Most developers won’t enjoy writing boilerplate code (especially when it’s all done in JavaScript). And if you need to customize something later, there’s more work involved than just changing a few variables. With frameworks like AngularJS, though, everything is set up for you and ready to go—you don’t need to be an expert with object-oriented programming or any other complex concepts. Just use HTML and JavaScript as they were intended and you get lots of great features automatically. This means less time spent on coding and more time on actually building your application—which is always helpful!

8) Good Community Support

Backed by Google, there is an active developer community for help when you need it. And because there are many other companies and websites that use AngularJS, it’s fairly easy to find support in most cases. Since different teams work on it and sometimes overlap, there are different ways to get help with your project. For example, if you’re having trouble finding your error in code ,you can go to StackOverflow or Reddit and you’ll almost certainly find someone else who has had a similar problem that they have overcome and hopefully learned from. This means you can quickly fix your problem without wasting time replicating someone else’s error-finding efforts.

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App Dev Guider

kartik Goyani is a Digital Marketing Strategist at Tagline Infotech, a mobile app development company. He has 3 years of experience in the Information Technology industry.

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