Angular was created by Google as AngularJS. In 2016, it was rewritten as version 2, separating it from AngularJS. It's open source and a framework, versus a library, which now raises the question: what's the difference between a framework and a library?
A library is a toolkit to more easily write your code, for varying purposes. To use an architectural analogy, a library is like a set of bricks that can be used to assemble a house. Conversely, a framework is more aligned with the blueprints used to design the house. It may use some of the same bricks—or it might not! One of the main differences is that libraries, in general, allow you to write your code as you would like to write it without the library dictating opinions on how to structure your code. Frameworks, on the other hand, are more opinionated and ask you to structure your code in the best practices of that framework. It's a nebulous (and sometimes overloaded) term, so there's an understandable...
