I feel Angular is better than almost everything out there but still not quite right. It seems way too complex for what it does, and the syntax looks like somebody vomited all over your code. Does two-way databinding have to be so awkward? Angular does help you in writing maintainable code (which is vital for JavaScript - dealing with large JS codebases is hard), but it also ties you to a technology which is probably transitional. I have high hopes for 2.0, and I hope they work out these issues.
AngularJS 1.3.0
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Re: AngularJS 1.3.0
#32Nice! Angular is described by its creator as a better browser. That's why it gets so much heat. Because you actually have to hook into a app lifecycle you dont control. And you know what ? that's great,because it means there is only one way to skin a cat and when you have to work with a huge team,it's time saving as there is no architectural debate. That's frankly why I like big and opinionated frameworks such as Ang…
It probably depends on how far you try to get from angular in angular-based project. As soon as you try to do something differently - it might bite you and bite you badly.
As for promises - try to define custom parser or formatter on ngModelController using anything asynchronous :)
And yes, you are right - it might be easy to understand other's angular code for you, but when javascript developer come into angular project, try to explain why utility library called 'Service' and why DI does not take care of loading these dependencies :)
Re: AngularJS 1.3.0
#33Shameless plug for my open-source project Angular Classy. Recently pre-released a beta for 1.0, of course it's fully tested and compatible AngularJS 1.3. http://davej.github.io/angular-classy/beta.html Feedback is always appreciated.
Could include a short description with your shameless plug?
Oops, good point.
Classy allows you to do "Cleaner class-based controllers for AngularJS"
Main project page is here: http://davej.github.io/angular-classy/
Re: AngularJS 1.3.0
#34Re: AngularJS 1.3.0
#35> One-time bindings – by prefixing an expression with "::", it will only be interpolated once, and then no longer watched. Does anyone else find the DSL(s) in Angular to be maddening?
If Angular wasn't endorsed by Google would it be as popular as it is?
After working for some time on angular project, I got a conspiracy theory: Google bought this company and threw angularjs to masses so they get all excited and spin wheels reimplementing stuff already done elsewhere, while Google will keep building products :)
I am joking of course, but each joke always have part of truth in it..
Re: AngularJS 1.3.0
#36I feel Angular is better than almost everything out there but still not quite right. It seems way too complex for what it does, and the syntax looks like somebody vomited all over your code. Does two-way databinding have to be so awkward? Angular does help you in writing maintainable code (which is vital for JavaScript - dealing with large JS codebases is hard), but it also ties you to a technology which is probably…
Have you seen React.js (http://facebook.github.io/react/) and Mithril (http://lhorie.github.io/mithril/)? They're supposedly smaller, faster, and easier than Angular, and does roughly the same things, as far as I've read. And they support server side rendering. At least React does.
Re: AngularJS 1.3.0
#37I feel Angular is better than almost everything out there but still not quite right. It seems way too complex for what it does, and the syntax looks like somebody vomited all over your code. Does two-way databinding have to be so awkward? Angular does help you in writing maintainable code (which is vital for JavaScript - dealing with large JS codebases is hard), but it also ties you to a technology which is probably…
Have you seen React.js ( http://facebook.github.io/react/ ) and Mithril ( http://lhorie.github.io/mithril/ )? They're supposedly smaller, faster, and easier than Angular, and does roughly the same things, as far as I've read. And they support server side rendering. At least React does.
React is just for presentation though (the V in MVC)
Re: AngularJS 1.3.0
#38Excited to see the bind once expression introduce.
I still don't get what this will be for. Detail pages?
Re: AngularJS 1.3.0
#39Re: AngularJS 1.3.0
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have you seen React.js ( http://facebook.github.io/react/ ) and Mithril ( http://lhorie.github.io/mithril/ )? They're supposedly smaller, faster, and easier than Angular, and does roughly the same things, as far as I've read. And they support server side rendering. At least React does.
React is just for presentation though (the V in MVC)
But React + Flux is an alternative to MVC.
Still early days for Flux, but the principles are sound and I hope it offers a viable alternative to all these framework that rely mainly on variants of the MVC pattern.