Should I hold off until AngularJS2 ships?

  • Resolved HackYaaaaa

    (@hackyaaaaa)


    9 years, 5 months ago

    Following several tutorials, I was creating an AngularJS theme and I ran into your plugin few days ago.

    I was aware that Drupal offers AngularJS as a module and now this plugin. haha

    This is very confusing to me and I need an advice which approach is more appropriate. Should AngularJS be offered as a plugin or should a theme incorporate AngularJS?

    Next question. Should I wait until AngularJS2 ships before investing more time on AngularJS?

    I am quite certain $scope won’t the only thing that will not be compatible with AngularJS2.

    Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/angularjs-for-wp/

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  • Plugin Author Roy Sivan

    (@guavaworks)

    I think you should dive into AngularJS as it will stay maintained for a while even as 2 ships out. I think learning what it is now will only give you a leg up once 2 is released as production ready.

    Generally I think if you are building a web APP, Angular should be a theme thing. It is why I have an AngularJS Theme for WP https://github.com/royboy789/Angular-Wordpress-Theme

    However, sometimes you just needs bits of functionality that are API driven, so no need for the whole site to be a Single Page App.

    Thread Starter HackYaaaaa

    (@hackyaaaaa)

    Thank you for your succinct clarification on theme vs plugin approach.

    May I ask what your opinions are or if you have any opinion concerning ReactJS or Riot.JS?

    I really don’t like how ReactJS/Riot.JS bundles html and javascript together and turns it into one chunk of component/mess. Something just bothers me about mixing html & javascript together. Reminds me of horribly coded inline javascripts without event handler I used to see many many years ago.

    Nevertheless, React Native seems to be/at least promises to be that holy grail every front-end developer has been seeking.

    Honestly, I hate the ReactJS way of doing things but I am afraid everyone will end up using React Native down the line.

    Any thought?

    Oh, I will definitely check out your AngularJS theme!!! I am very excited to learn from your theme.

    Thanks.

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