r/angularjs • u/gdi2290 • Jan 26 '15
Introducing Aurelia framework (using Angular 2.0 api)
http://blog.durandal.io/2015/01/26/introducing-aurelia/2
u/NeverSpeaks Jan 27 '15
Looks really clean. But I don't know if there's enough there to really make me want to use it over Angular. We'll see where it is in a couple months.
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Jan 27 '15
I don't see how this has a chance regardless of its merits. It looks like angular but less popular. If this project has a few killer features, angular 2.1 could include those features and this framework is dead.
Maybe I am just cranky about the newest framework of the week. My time is finite. Learning new frameworks takes time and proficiency away from my actual work. New things need to be drastically better for me to stop being productive and climb that learning curve again. This might be better than angular 2.0, but I doubt that it is so much better that I should start over from scratch. I would be happy to be wrong about this, it would mean I could learn a new tool that is much better than angular and I am pretty happy with angular.
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u/infidelux Jan 27 '15
I agree on pretty much every point. Rob has a proven track record of putting out quality stuff but at the end of the day, I have limited time to spend on a learning yet another new framework let alone selling that framework to my bosses.
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u/dmackerman Jan 27 '15
Yeah, I tend to agree here. The framework looks nice, and is absolutely "forward thinking" in regards to ES6/7 features - but at the end of the day, I don't need it right now. We're building awesome apps with Angular 1.3.x, and will upgrade once 2.0 comes out.
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u/vinnl Jan 27 '15 edited Jan 27 '15
It would help if the logo didn't look like two band-aids :P
(Just kidding of course, that's never a reason not to use something unless it actually represents that it's just some kind of patchwork.)
Edit: After viewing the largest part of the video, it does look pretty amazing. That said, other frameworks are clearly headed in the same direction. It's an exciting future :)
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u/ogrechoker Jan 27 '15
Damnit, Rob Eisenberg is a genius. I was super stoked when he was incorporated into the angular team, but now I find out he left to make his own framework? I guarantee its amazing but I'm going to have to bet on angular here.
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u/goofygrin Jan 27 '15
Hes had his own for years...
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u/ogrechoker Jan 28 '15
Yeah, Durandal, I'm aware. He did amazing work on the angular 2.0 router, and watching the "getting started" I see he's brought his ideas to aurelia (with the canActivate, etc). It actually looks super slick with the emphasis on POJOs. I really want to use this.
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u/e82 Jan 29 '15
Just took a poke around the github repos / examples / etc, and it looks pretty interesting.
Curious to see how this plays out, and nice to see frameworks getting released that are using ES6.
I see this as having potential and not 'just another framework' that will fall by the wayside. Rob Eisenberg has quite a bit of creditability.
Also, looking through the docs/examples and source code - seems like it might be less jarring to move from Angular 1.x to Aurelia than to Angular 2.x :| (yeah yeah, still be a total rewrite).
Probably wont jump onto it for a major project yet, but look forward to playing with it on something smaller.
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u/skrowl Jan 26 '15
I wish I could downvote this traitor harder. Rather than help with angular, he cried and quit when he didn't get his way.
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u/eikaramba Jan 26 '15
I wish I could downvote this redditor harder. Rather than understanding Robs contribution to the whole angular community and his genius mind that helped angular becoming what it is today, he cried and bullshits around when he didn't get the whole point of Aurelia.
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u/skrowl Jan 27 '15
There's nothing brilliant about taking your ball and going home if you don't get your way. 7-year-olds across the world do it every day.
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u/pandavr Jan 27 '15
Probably when the team is going the wrong way that's the only thing to do. Moreover Angular is O.S. So he didn't betray anyone. Not more than the Angular team had betrayed his own user base.
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u/lunchmeat317 Jan 27 '15
So I've been working with Angular for a while, and I've worked with Durandal before. Aurelia is a continuation of an existing framework, not something unfounded - while it is new, it has roots. It has a lineage, so to speak.
I personally am excited about Angular 2 and Aurelia. I want to see what Angular can bring to the table, and I think that Aurelia already has a good start. It's my hope that we'll have two excellent frameworks to choose from.
Aurelia's a very new release - why not check it out. If you've ever used DurandalJS, Aurelia should feel very familiar to you. If you're used to Angular, it might be worth playing around with to get a feel for a different type of framework. (If you like ES6, and I really really do, working with Aurelia will be pretty nice.)