This document provides an overview of Angular 2.0 including motivations for its development, key features and performance improvements. Some of the main points covered include:
- Angular 2.0 is being built for future browsers and aims to be 5-10x faster than Angular 1.x through optimizations like unidirectional data flow.
- It focuses on improved productivity with simpler concepts and syntax using TypeScript.
- It supports new standards like ECMAScript 6 and is cross-platform for web, mobile and native apps.
- Preparing for Angular 2.0 involves learning TypeScript and tools like Visual Studio Code.
- Components are a fundamental building block with directives, templates and data