Every organization, in this era, is striving to make a memorable impact on its customers. And for this, each one of them is coming up with its online platform for customers. Although there are several options available for web development, the main concern is to choose the right amongst the available. After performing a thorough analysis, we think AngularJS is the perfect fit for simplifying the challenges during the development and testing of single-page applications.

Many renowned web applications such as PayPal, JetBlue, Lego, Upwork, Netflix, and more are powered by none other than the most flexible and robust AngularJS framework. As we know AngularJS is a JavaScript-based open-source front-end web framework maintained by Google and other communities. This framework is designed to overcome the shortcomings of already existing technologies such as HTML, CSS, and more.

AngularJS Development Services have become a complete and comprehensive solution for today's web app development industry. If you still have doubts about picking AngularJS as your web app development platform, then we are going to give you 5 compelling reasons that will change your thought process.

1. Simplified MVC Architecture

AngularJS uses the MVC pattern to design applications. MVC stands for Model View Controller where

• Models are primitive data types such as number strings, boolean, and more. Or in simpler terms, it is a simple object in JavaScript without any getter and setter functions.

• The view is used to display the data from the controller. This is done by adding Angular JS expressions in the view to coordinate model and view about any modification.

• A controller is a collection of classes in JavaScript to define the application logic.

This MVC architecture is used to develop a robust and interactive application. It manages the components on its own and serves as a pipeline connecting them.

2. Declarative User Interface

To define the app user interface, AngularJS uses HTML language. For your knowledge, HTML is an annotative language which is used to define the interface in JavaScript. Special attributes are added to ordinary HTML to expand the capabilities in web development. Also, these special attributes are required to determine which controllers to use for each element. That means these attributes decide what to load, not how to load.

3. Use of POJO (Plain Old JavaScript Object)

Data models used in AngularJS are nothing but plain old JavaScript objects (POJO) that do not need getter and setter functions. The advantage is that you can add or change properties directly and loop objects and arrays as per the requirement. These data modes help in making your code simpler and more intuitive.

Traditional data models are the gatekeepers of data. They are responsible for maintaining the persistency of data and syncing the server. These traditional data models act as smart data providers whereas Angular’s data models behave more like a corkboard. For those who do not know a corkboard is a temporary storage area to place and retrieve data.

In Angular JS the data models in the form of cork boards function in parallel with a controller and view. AngularJS defines them as scopes to differentiate them from the traditional set of data models.

4. Two Way Data Binding

Angular JS utilizes two-way data binding which means any changes in the user interface immediately impact application objects and vice-versa. When browser events, changes or any other user actions occur on the page, then two-way binding updates are necessary patterns. And there’s no obligation to store the links to DOM elements and manipulate them.

5. Simplified Unit Testing

It is very imperative to test what you developed considering user behavior. Unit testing has become a standard for every AngularJS development company that strives to deliver an error-free product to their clients. Unit testing is also said to improve the code’s orthogonality. All the components in AngularJS are connected by DI (dependency Injection) which is used to deal with controllers and extensions. All controllers rely on DI to perform unit testing by incorporating mock information into them.

6. Advantages of Filters

Filters are used in the AngularJS filter data before they reach their view. The process can include something as simple as formatting decimal places in numbers, reversing the order of an array, filtering the array based on specific parameters, and more. These filters are standalone functions similar to Directives managing the data transformation.

7. Backed By Google

Angular JS receives strong support from Google, the world’s leading search engine. It surely gives relief to the developers as they are working on a framework whose end product will not be rejected by Google. This is one of the major reasons why you should be using AngularJS over another web app development framework.

So, What Do You Think?

We hope that the above reasons would have given you an idea about how powerful AngularJS is. But this does not mean that every app should be built using this platform. Define the aspects and requirements of your product and then decide if Angular JS will meet your expectations or not. But if you want to develop generic web apps, AngularJS serves as a viable platform to build your apps upon.  

Author Bio

Kevin Haynes is a Content Strategist at Brainvire whose passion lies in delivering valuable content to his readers. He explores topics mainly related to web development that includes website design, digital marketing, start-ups business and much more.