Angular, built and supported by Google, is a one of the fastest, most popular open source web app frameworks based on TypeScript for creating the client-side code of web applications, mostly enterprise web apps and apps with lots of dynamic content.
According to 2020 stack overflow survey - JavaScript is #1 used programming language while Angular is #3 most used web framework for developing in JavaScript.
The reason for angular popularity is that it provides the developers with the tools to write structured, highly scalable, performant, multi-platform single page application.
Why Angular?
Detailed documentation
The documentation maintained by google contains all necessary information by which developers can come up with technical solutions and quickly resolve issues
Large community and ecosystem
You can find lots of material on this framework as well as many useful third-party tools.
Long Term Support by Google
Angular is here to stay, so learning angular will give you the opportunity for long-term career development.
Component-based architecture
The components can easily be replaced and decoupled, as well as reused in other parts of an app.
Support for lazy loading
Capability to load pieces of code on demand, as the user navigates through the app. By using lazy loading we can provide lightning fast initial load of the applications home screen.
Powerful navigation router
The angular router is a powerful service that provides the capability of displaying different views based on the URL of the browser, and really comes to light as the application complexity grows.
Server-side rendering
Angular universal is a technology that renders angular application on the server to make the app SEO friendly, improve the performance on mobile devices and show the initial page quickly.
Cross-platform mobile apps
Angular is supported by the Ionic framework, which allows building cross-platform mobile applications for Android and iOS using the Ionic components and Angular code.