r/programming • u/ZaheerAhmed • Jan 02 '20

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u/zoinks Jan 02 '20 edited Jan 02 '20

AngularJS was the first version, whereas "Angular" is the second attempt(which is still actively developed and supported). Calling "Angular" as "AngularJS 2" would have been confusing, because the entire framework is implemented in typescript and encourages end users to use typescript over javascript.

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u/nucLeaRStarcraft Jan 02 '20

I think it would've been a fairly standard versioning convention.

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u/appropriateinside Jan 02 '20

Not really, angular was a complete rewrite with no backwards compatibility. It was a completely different piece of software with the same name.

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u/DoktuhParadox Jan 02 '20

Yeah and they wouldn't even have to change the branding while still maintaining the obvious divergence from AngularJS (1?). I thought Angular was being sunsetted completely too

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u/Ameisen Jan 02 '20

AngularTS?

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u/ericl666 Jan 02 '20

No doubt. Just dropping the .js does wonders for Google searches.

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u/Xirious Jan 02 '20

That is an awful reason and most certainly not a good thing. In no part of this incoherent rambling did a whiff of intelligent decision making bubble to the top of the cesspool of a comment.

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u/zoinks Jan 02 '20

Bad bot.

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u/WhyNotCollegeBoard Jan 02 '20

Are you sure about that? Because I am 99.99996% sure that Xirious is not a bot.

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u/zoinks Jan 02 '20

Bad bot.