Abdella Ali
We use Junior, Intermediate, and Senior in our conversation, but know these seniorities are somewhat arbitrary. During our talk, we discuss that the Junior archetype needs support to complete complex tasks and learn new tools. Intermediate developers are looking to tackle larger problems but don't have the problem-solving experience required to tackle difficult problems without support. Senior developers are the first to reframe a problem and efficiently solve problems and match the problem to its appropriate context. We see Seniors as developers with the most problem-solving experience and not developers with the most knowledge.
Angular has its roots in AngularJS, and many of the models from that initial framework remain relevant in the version we use today. Even with new changes like Standalone Components coming to the language, teams should be aware of the history and methodology at work here. Architects especially need to look for language features and anti-patterns that might trap their team and lead to performance bottlenecks in their systems.
Abdella Ali and Ben Hofferber discuss the Angular team's new Standalone Components RFC (Request For Comment) and what it means for today's Angular architects.
This post was last updated 08/12/2016. One of the nicest changes in Angular 2 is the new template syntax. The declarative nature of the brackets around a property and parentheses around events initially worried many people but it has really grown on me.
The web developer's ecosystem has shifted dramatically over the last few years, and this has created opportunities for new approaches to mobile development. The Ionic framework from Drifty Co is a great example of this. Ionic came late into the hybrid-mobile-app development game, but it almost immediately found it’s place as a leader in the industry and is now almost synonymous with mobile HTML5 development for many people.