Angular
The full-framework answer — opinionated structure, dependency injection and first-party everything, built for hundred-developer codebases.
What it is, and why we use it.
Angular is a complete application framework rather than a UI library: routing, forms, HTTP, dependency injection, testing — all first-party, all versioned together. That opinionation is the product: on large teams it keeps a hundred developers writing the same shaped code. Modern Angular (signals, standalone components) has shed most of the old boilerplate reputation.
We maintain and extend Angular estates for enterprise clients — banks and government systems where it's the standing standard. For greenfield work we usually reach for Next.js, but when the client's organisation speaks Angular, fighting the standard costs more than it returns.
Angular vs React vs Vue.js.
Angular against the library it competes with everywhere and the framework it's most often migrated toward.
| Dimension | Angular | React | Vue.js |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope | Full framework — everything first-party | UI library + ecosystem choices | Progressive framework, official add-ons |
| Opinionation | Highest — one right way | Lowest — you assemble | Middle |
| Best team size | Large orgs, many parallel teams | Any | Small to mid |
| Learning curve | Steepest | Moderate | Gentlest |
| Mobile path | Ionic | React Native | Ionic / limited |
Angular wins when
- Dozens of developers must produce uniform code
- Long-lived enterprise systems with strict governance
- The organisation has already standardised on it
React wins when
- Flexibility and hiring depth matter more than uniformity
- The product may grow a React Native app
- You want the largest library ecosystem
Vue wins when
- Smaller teams want structure without the ceremony
- Incremental adoption into existing pages
- Template-first development suits the team
Angular is infrastructure for organisations, not just interfaces. We respect the standard where it exists and don't manufacture rewrites — migrations happen when the business case says so, not the fashion cycle.
Thinking about Angular?
Tell us what you're building — we'll tell you honestly whether Angular is the right tool for it.