Web development technologies have evolved in the past recent years. Technologies like Node.js & AngularJS has taken over the world of web development. They are useful for making powerful client-side and server-side for developing interactive and feature-rich cross-platform web applications in JavaScript language. Both frameworks are high performing, advanced and widely used. So anyone should select according to their project need.
Let’s compare the two most popular JavaScripts – Node.js & AngularJS – to discover the main differences between
AngularJS: AngularJS is a structural framework for developing dynamic web apps and was developed by Google as a web application development framework. It is a full-featured JavaScript framework that allows developers to use HTML as a template language. It provides support for the MVC programming structure. AngularJS doesn’t require to install in your system just you have to embed the AngularJS files in your codebase like another JS file. It becomes quite easier to develop a real-time and interactive application in AngularJS.
Let us have a look at the highlighting features of AngularJS in the below-given points:
Model View Controller (MVC) Framework: MVC is a software design pattern for developing web applications. It is made of model, view, and controller.
POJO Model: AngularJS uses POJO (Plain Old JavaScript) objects. Developers create a loop of array & objects with the required properties which they reframe.
Routing: Being a single page application routing allows the switching between views. Without reloading the angular application you can switch to different pages in your application.
Node.js: Node.JS has been developed on Google Chrome’s JavaScript runtime and is a free & open-source tool used for creating server-side JS applications. NodeJS runs on a different platform including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and Unix. Node.js applications are written in JavaScript.Node.js is an ideal framework for developing scalable web apps and server-side. It also helps developers in developing apps that demand real-time editing and drawing.
List of features that Node.js offers :
Open source: Node.js is free and open-source to use worldwide. You don’t need to pay to use or extend it.
Scalable: Node.js applications are scalable in both Horizontal and Vertical ways which help you in improvising the performance of your applications.
Server development: In Node.js developers can easily make different kinds of servers like HTTP server, DNS server, TCP Server and many more which includes in-built APIs.
Both AngularJS and Node.js platforms are building web applications using JavaScript. However, both of them are different in their architecture and working.
