Google rewrites its Angular JavaScript framework

Angular 2, a re-architected, rewritten version of the popular JavaScript framework also known as AngularJS, goes to a beta release stage today, with general availability planned for early-2016.
The upgrade features enhancements for speed in rendering and updating pages, near-initial rendering, and support for building cross-platform native mobile apps for Google Android and Apple iOS. "It's eight times faster than Angular 1," said Brad Green, Google director of engineering in charge of Angular.