Angular 4 is the latest release of Google’s popular web application framework. Already considering a robust JavaScript web application framework, the changes in version 4 are geared towards making applications smaller, faster, and with a more predictable upgrade cycle. These changes represent a turning point in Google’s overall strategy with Angular.
A big part of that strategy shift is actually in the name of the framework itself. The primary reasoning for the name Angular 4 from Angular 2 is related to a decision the Angular core team made in September 2016, to shift to Semantic Versioning, for the Angular project and its core libraries. This means that the version numbers for Angular have strict meaning in terms of the content within any specific version.
As described in the official documentation for Semantic Versioning, or semver for...