Angular.js is one of the best-known and most popular front-end frameworks.  It’s currently going through a difficult time,  with a major upgrade in progress.  What is Angular2, and how will it differ from the current version of Angular.js?  And how much magic will be included, and how will that change the ways in which programmers approach their front-end programming?  I

f you’re familiar with Angular 1.x, and are curious about how Angular2 will do things — or if you’re just curious about Angular in general — this talk, by Rody Haddad,  should put it into context, and help you to understand how much of your work will be taken care of by the framework.  He does this by building an app during the talk, allowing us to walk through the development process as he describes it.