angular2?

[kookster]

We also have HAL APIs, and use angular, but we're upgrading now to Angular2.
Have you thought about, or done any work in that direction yet?

[jcassee]

Hi Andrew, I agree that angular-hypermedia should support Angular 2. However, I have not yet looked at it. Is this something you would consider working (together) on?

[ravindranathakila]

Any updates on Angular 2? Are you still looking for help?

[jcassee]

I finally have a project that requires an Angular 2 hypermedia client. I think I am going to create a new project, though, as supporting Angular 1 and 2 at the same time looks difficult. @ravindranathakila have you looked into what would be needed?

[ravindranathakila]

Sorry, I haven't. Exploring further, I was wondering if they really need to be coupled at all. I discovered Traversion which is gathering momentum. What are your thoughts?

https://github.com/basti1302/traverson/blob/master/readme.markdown

[jcassee]

I read up on Traversion before I started this project. Some features of this projects (i.e. why I did not just use Traversion):

• An explicit context for caching resources.
• An API that (in my opinion) better reflects the state-based nature of REST. I.e. you first instantiate a resource, and then decide to GET the state; you first follow a link and then decide to POST to it, etc. (Traversion always starts with getting a root resource, for example.)
• Support for relations in properties, Link headers and HAL links.
• A nice API for efficient loading "resource trees" ($loadPaths).
• An extension for offline-first application. (This works, but was never fleshed out as well as this project.)

On the other hand, Traversion is much more widely used, so if it suits your needs, great!

[ravindranathakila]

I haven't decided yet :)

You make some very good points!!