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The satisfaction vs usage of angular is astonishing, but I wonder how much of that usage is legacy angular?

One way to read the graph would be that there's a lot of angular just quietly getting on with the job and it's a solid choice, but another would be that there's a large amount of legacy angular out there that people aren't very happy with.

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I think it's both; it's a solid and stable framework, but people are bored with it because once the technical hurdles have been crossed, front-end software development is just a cycle of building and rebuilding new screens and forms ad infinitum, and a lot of developers get bored with that.

I think that there is a lot of bubble bias: React is used in many 1 person projects as well as in small dev teams projects. I would not advise to use Angular in this context, if you are not fluent in Angular.

However Angular in my opinion totally outshines React in setups with many teams. It is comparable to C (React) vs. Java/Swift (Angular). Angular enforces a certain programming style, while React gives you a lot of "include this lib" freedom.

I attended many Angular meetings, and large enterprises use it.

It is similar to .NET and C-Sharp. Great stuff in a certain environment.

Did you mean C++ in your second paragraph?

It is from Angular, not AngularJS, if that is what you are asking. The dissatisfaction is quite understable if you look at the actual framework; its broad use is because it is backed and marketed by Google.

We use angular and are ok with it. There are tons of pros & cons for and against using angular. The biggest pro it being a very nice fully typesafe template engine.

Angular has its pros and cons. The biggest con would be slow builds. They also feel even slower if you try react/vue/svelte/solid on vite.

Most likely the 2nd. Everyone I know that is on angular hates it.

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