Angular is opinionated and has a set way of doing things. It is set up more for you to fill in the blanks, meaning there's less confusion and more consistency in implementing new features.
Angular uses familiar "mustache" style "{{data}}" syntax, allowing you to put curly braces anywhere you want to have them replaced with model data. For example:
{{user.name}}
Will interpolate that model attribute directly into the HTML wherever it is placed.
Angular is a very big codebase, and while it does handle most of what you'd need to do out of the box, if you do find the need to extend the base functionality, or look into the internals, or debug deep into the framework, it is much harder to comprehend than other frameworks.
Because the internals are so integrated with each other, debugging requires you to have a good grasp on many layers of abstraction at once.
Because the UI organization and properties are directly on the HTML, it makes it easier to change the presentation and rearrange components without having to deal with the control logic of the page.
This declarative nature makes it easier for designers to work directly on the HTML to make layout changes.
Angular has the largest community out of all Javascript MV* frameworks and there are a lot of tutorials and guides out there for new and old users alike.
Data bindings are done on the DOM, which allows you to easily sync data between various parts of the DOM in a very succint matter.
<body ng-app>
<span>Insert your name:</span>
<input type="text" ng-model="user.name" />
<h3>Echo: {{user.name}}</h3>
</body>
This snippet shows how the model attribute "name" is easily bound across different parts of the DOM without having to set up any extra boilerplate.
Angular uses the existing HTML structure and builds on top of it instead of requiring you to learn a new templating language. Because it's just vanilla HTML, it is more familiar, and easier for beginners to learn. Directives let Angular know which HTML elements are under its control, and how to use them.
Being directly on the HTML it's more transparent what's going on, and it's possible to get a good idea of what the page is doing just by looking at the template.
Also, it makes embedding possible, as you could have an angular app within an existing site so you don't have to rewrite everything at once.
With dependency injection, you can load in extra javascript and new functionality just when you need it.
This is particularly helpful with testing as you can swap out services for test services.
It also means in single page apps you can load dependencies only as you need them instead of loading them up all up at the start.
Because Angular is supported by Google, we know it isn't going to fizzle out any time soon. Google is using the framework themselves including with huge projects such as DoubleClick.
Requires an understanding of some computer science concepts that most other frameworks do not. For example you need to understand the DOM at a level in which other frameworks do not require you to.
Angular isn't a simple framework, and because much of the magic goes on behind the scenes, it isn't easy to go from simply using the framework to being able to actually change how it works and extend it.
Users will (automatically) download the AngularJS script upon arrival to the application or website. This results in more overhead on the initial page visit, it is slightly larger in file size than the jQuery library, but contains much more.
AngularJS is a framework, not a JavaScript library like jQuery. Find out here the simplest way to view the difference between AngularJS and iQuery. This article provides the features of and a point-by-point comparison between jQuery and AngularJS.
AngularJS is definitely better than jQuery in many facets. AngularJS is Very Strong Community Backing and Code Style is very declarative.
While compare with jQuery, AngularJS is the best Hybrid Framework to develop Mobile Applications for your business.
Frameworks allow you to handle page routing, authentication, and services. jQuery is not a framework, but rather a library of DOM tools for websites.
e.g.: You cannot write page routing logic within jQuery.
The open source community has really embraced jQuery and it has many readily available plugins to help speed up the development process. In addition to this, it has great documentation and tutorials
As opposed to just using raw JavaScript, users will (automatically) download the jQuery script to their local computers in order for it to work. This results in more overhead on the initial page visit, regardless of how lightweight the framework is.
Since it uses the Handlebars templating language out of the box, it should feel familiar and easy to use to developers already used to Handlebars or similar templating engines.
Routing helps the application keep track of the state of the application. Routing represents each state of the application as a URL and can perform simple and accurate state queries via the route handlers.
With help from the integrated Handlebars templates and JavaScript to implement custom behaviour, EmberJS allows the use of components to create app-specific HTML tags.
In comparison to the other JavaScript application frameworks, EmberJS has a large framework size. This resulting in a sizeable download of the script upon arrival to the application, causing overhead to the client's system.
There is a lot of outdated content and examples that no longer work with EmberJS because the core of the framework changed a lot before it was stabilized. This makes it confusing for developers who are trying to develop an application with the framework.