AngularJS Migration
for Australian businesses.

React is the most common migration target for AngularJS applications. Component-based architecture, massive ecosystem, and the largest developer talent pool. If your team knows JavaScript and you want maximum flexibility in hiring, React is the safe choice.

We migrate AngularJS applications to React component by component. During the transition, both frameworks run side-by-side in the same application using a micro-frontend approach or ngReact bridging. Your users do not notice the migration is happening.

React with TypeScript for type safety. React Router for navigation. State management with Zustand, Redux Toolkit, or React Query depending on complexity. The result is a modern, maintainable codebase that any React developer can work on.

Angular (the modern version, 2+) is TypeScript-first, opinionated, and provides a complete framework out of the box: routing, forms, HTTP, testing, and CLI. If your team likes the structured approach AngularJS offered, modern Angular preserves that philosophy.

Despite sharing the "Angular" name, AngularJS and modern Angular are fundamentally different frameworks. The migration is essentially a rewrite. AngularJS controllers, $scope, directives, and services do not map directly to Angular components, decorators, and dependency injection.

We use the ngUpgrade library to run AngularJS and Angular side-by-side during migration. Components are migrated incrementally. The application stays functional throughout the transition period.

Vue is the gentlest migration path from AngularJS. The syntax is more familiar: templates with directives, two-way binding, and a similar mental model. Developers who know AngularJS typically pick up Vue faster than React or Angular.

Vue 3 with the Composition API and TypeScript support. Vue Router, Pinia for state management, and Vite for build tooling. A lighter footprint than Angular with more structure than React. Good for teams that want guidance without heavy framework opinions.

Like React and Angular, the migration is incremental. AngularJS and Vue can coexist in the same application during the transition period. Pages or sections are migrated one at a time.

Sometimes an incremental migration is not practical. The AngularJS codebase is too messy, the application needs significant feature changes, or the backend also needs replacing. In these cases, a clean rebuild on a modern framework is faster and cheaper.

We scope the rebuild based on what the application actually needs to do, not on what the existing code looks like. Features are prioritised, an MVP is defined, and the new application is built from scratch. The old AngularJS app runs until the new one is ready.

The rebuild also provides an opportunity to fix architectural problems, improve the API layer, and address UX issues that have accumulated over the years. Sometimes the rebuild costs the same as a migration but delivers a better result.

Many AngularJS applications have the frontend and backend tangled together: server-rendered templates mixed with AngularJS directives, business logic in the frontend, and API endpoints that were designed for the AngularJS app rather than as a proper API.

We separate the frontend from the backend. A clean REST or GraphQL API serves the frontend. The frontend is a standalone single-page application (React, Angular, or Vue) that consumes the API. Backend and frontend can evolve independently.

This separation often improves the backend too. API endpoints are properly designed, authentication is standardised (JWT or OAuth), and the API can serve multiple clients: web app, mobile app, and third-party integrations.