Angular gives you the possibility of dynamic two-way-data-binding. But it allows you also to create custom elements and directives.
So, if I use Angular in Dart, there is no need for Polymer any more, is it right?
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4https://groups.google.com/a/dartlang.org/forum/#!topic/web-ui/2tMZ6Hp4J1o – Paul Collingwood Dec 05 '13 at 09:51
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In addition to the discussion referenced by @Paul Collingwood which contains a good explanation. This similar question has an extensive explanation: What is the difference between Polymer elements and AngularJS directives?
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There is a recent demo that shows how to combine Polymer's elements with Angular for routing and other app logic.
It looks fun, but I am not sure whether as of today the generated js code size is reasonable enough.
https://github.com/sethladd/dart-angular-polymer-data-binding
Slides for an accompanying talk: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3tMhVSd9MFIV0xfRm5NZ0VpNzg/edit
Blog with a summary: http://blog.sethladd.com/2014/02/angular-and-polymer-data-binding.html
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This diagram seems to suggest that these are two complementary technologies. Angular provides ways to make Components which as far as I can see are same-enough to Elements. There are Templates in Angular which look like Layouts to me. I think the this picture should come after one comparing the two with areas of overlap and contention. – will Mar 11 '14 at 04:44
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@will I agree that my answer does not really answer the question and more thorough explanation is need and the diagram is somewhat misleading. My take is that from the programmers perspective, regarding what each of the tools aims to accomplish, Polymer is a subset of Angular. Yes, Polymer is more full featured in what it does, but Angular does basically what Polymer does, and a lot more regarding the higher level app functionality. A possible future is that Angular will… well, they discuss it here https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/angular-dart/JY8b15-KG4Q/618z3qvAIegJ – user7610 Mar 11 '14 at 20:54