Spend five minutes scrolling Reddit and you will hear a familiar refrain. “Program code hell”, “madhouse”, “too complex”, “and over-optimized”. A dinosaur in the age of sleek and functional frameworks. A once-mighty Google experiment, that is now supposedly losing relevance. But honestly, the reality beneath the noise tells a different story, and we need to clarify this. Just ask yourself, if Angular were truly extinct, Fortune 500 giants must’ve missed the memo. Netflix, Santander, Microsoft, PayPal, Deutsche Bank, and the list continues, still, after fifteen years use it to support their software development activities. This question’s been on my radar for a while, and I think it’s time to unpack it.
In Mifort, for front end development, Angular remains in the top six choices, and in conjunction with TypeScript as an additional power multiplier, we are able to deliver a more modern, modular, and scalable framework. Of course, neglecting updates and new features it presents would make lives harder. But, the IT world isn’t static, it’s always evolving. Since we touched upon the time, let’s remember 2010, AngularJS, the “La prieta fea” or ugly duckling of the frameworks, I believe every senior software developer wants to forget. Initially, there was a lack of alternatives which led to its increasing popularity, but, when React and Vue overcame barriers to entry, that was it. If Angular had given up at that time and didn’t go through a complete rebranding, new integrations, models, and testing tools, then we could definitely say “Angular is dead”. However, Angular 20 and its previous skin would never recognize each other.
To set a context, prioritizing problem-solving, time-saving, and most importantly, end-user experience is our ultimate goal and Angular is one of the six solutions we can rely on when it comes to web development. We are more than able to zero in on what actually matters like creating features or fixing real user problems. There is no need for our team to stress over browser quirks or waste time rebuilding basic components from scratch just to make them reusable. If you know that Angular isn’t just a library you plug in to do one thing, it’s a full-fledged framework, then you understand why so many enterprise teams still bet on it. It’s too vague to compare Angular with React because it feels like choosing between hammer and blueprints for building a house. One offers a full development structure, the other is a flexible toolset. Angular’s robust ecosystem is contributed by a long list of perks including authentication, external API calls, routing, command-line interface (CLI), component-based development, RxJS, and more. From the business perspective, this means that less to zero burden on your development team, no failures during updates, customizations, or disruptions, and excellent UI/UX. As outsourcing is becoming a new trend of 2025, structured architecture built by Angular allows new hires, no matter where they are geographically, to pick up the pace with your team at no time.
But since we are being honest here, this is true that Angular has a more challenging learning curve compared to its competitors. A mere familiarity with TypeScript, its decorators, API, DI, HTML5, CSS3, RxJS for reactive programming, asynchronous programming, rendering pipelines, and other Angular-centric concepts is insufficient. Nevertheless, these skills are exactly what every Fortune 500 company seeks to build comprehensive web applications and maintain its reputation. The tech world isn’t stopping and even senior software developer reviews the component lifecycle to stay current.
So, is Angular is dead? No. Having spent years working with Angular, we see it as a matter of selecting the tool that best fits the tasks and requirements at hand. Within our experience, Angular will continue to be relevant especially for the enterprise world, precisely of medium to large sizes, that have a clear understanding of their user base, established products, and a roadmap focused on long-term growth. Angular isn’t standing still, and neither is the industry. Let’s see what the next chapter will look like.
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