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What are some large AngularJS projects that have been launched? I could only find Google DoubleClick and YouTube's PS3 interface. http://builtwith.angularjs.org/

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I have a feeling AngularJS is the type of framework the will be used often for inside-the-firewall type of corporate apps than public facing consumer web stuff. But this is just my hunch right now and is influenced by my past building these style apps with Adobe Flex.

Have you built anything with AngularJS? I've built apps in both Flex and AngularJS, and to me AngularJS is a very different beast, and a much better beast. Unlike Flex, AngularJS: does not provide a UI component library, has a first-class runtime environment (that is growing, not shrinking), integrates into existing websites (rather than sitting inside them as black boxes), brings an MV* way of thinking with it (Flex had MV* options, but only 3rd party add-ons), and finally (this is purely a personal one), is a joy to code with (I love AS3, but I found Flex to be clunky)

I'd be willing to bet that AngularJS will be hugely successful, and will gain a significant share of the Single-Page-App market.

Yeup, i've worked with both and a lot, and with Flex back in the day (I co-authored a big publisher book on the topic).

I'm not saying Angular/Flex is the same beast. I'm saying that one of market segments that is going to find it most useful is the same people who were looking at Flex to solve problems back in 2006/07. Naturally, technology has progressed quite a bit since Flex came out. For a JS library, Angular hits a pretty good sweet spot for those same large dev teams looking to build native browser-based apps.

Yes, I'd agree that both solve the "large dev teams looking to build native browser-based apps". But I think the difference is that Flex was reasonably good at it, but was very effectively sold into the enterprise by Adobe. Hence it did well in the enterprise, but not great outside.

By contrast, AngularJs is not being sold into the enterprise by anyone (yet?), and is, IMO, better at solving those problems.

Hence my prediction: unlike Flex, AngularJS will gain market share in single-page-apps outside the firewall, as well as inside the firewall.

the site http://builtwith.angularjs.org is no longer updating i guess. their github page indicates a lot of pending pull requests. https://github.com/angular/builtwith.angularjs.org/pulls

We launched https://starthq.com, not sure if it qualifies as large though as its currently at 2KLOC of JS for the front end code.

http://www.ribbon.co uses Angular both for checkouts and creating/editing products.

Disclaimer: I worked with them implementing that.

https://www.tesla.im

we're just about to relaunch my product, http://www.serpIQ.com, with a full Angular rebuild. It's not necessarily massive, but it's a full web app.

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