Ex-Googler recounts how Google botched the Angular 2 transition

Former Angular developer advocate Stephen Fluin told the All Things Open conference how Google announced Angular 2 in 2014 with a new architecture and no upgrade path before it shipped. Developers defected to React and Vue.js, and Angular 2 only arrived in September 2016.

• Angular 2 was announced in 2014 but shipped only in September 2016
• The framework was rewritten in TypeScript with no backward compatibility
• In the 2016 State of JS survey, 53% used React and 13% used Angular 2
• AngularJS was formally retired at the end of 2021