Last week, I went to ng-conf. Although I’d been four times previously (2017, 2018, 2019, and 2022), I wasn’t expecting to go again this time, because I had just switched jobs two months ago. Fortunately, the stars aligned for Cisco to offer me a spot, and I jumped on it.
tl;dr
There weren’t many major new announcements that are likely to affect Angular developers soon, but the improvement in the framework itself seems steady and solid. Newer Ivy-enabled features like standalone components, control flow, and signals are becoming more mainstream in the community (even though there are still many who don’t know about them). The framework overall is in good hands.
The conference itself seems to be on shakier ground, with smaller attendance and fewer sponsors.
Continue reading