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Anyone has the experience working with NativeScript and Angular 2? How's it compared with React Native? And is there any chance this will evolve to a viable alternative to developing native apps using web technology?

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Jen from Telerik DevRel here...we are working with Google to ensure that Angular 2 works great for your NativeScript apps. Please check our blogs at nativescript.org for forthcoming info on performance comparisons and how-tos. I'd encourage you to visit our getting started guide on the above web site to see how you like NativeScript!

> Angular 2 works great for your NativeScript app

How is it going to work exactly ?

Great. It's right there in the sentence you quoted.

Great doesn't the describe the WAY it is supposed to work. I asked HOW like IN WHICH WAY.

Angular2's architecture is split in such a way that the rendering layer is separated from the application code. This allows swapping out the render layer - enables stuff like NativeScript and React Native renderers, server-side universal and running your app in a web-worker, dispatching to the main thread to render.

As a plugin for the NativeScript runtime. Check this video from Angular Connect which goes over exactly how it works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SbiiyRSIwo

How is NativeScript related to AngularJS ? is it the same team ?

No, NativeScript is a Telerik product. Angular is a Google/ Open Source project. I'm not sure how they are related, I haven't seen anyone use the two in conjunction.

There are some samples available, for instance this one: https://github.com/NativeScript/sample-ng-todomvc

Angular 2 render engine allows it to be used for the server-side rendering or in NativeScript environment.

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