Angular JS is an open source web application development framework developed by Google. It provides support for developing dynamic and single page web applications.
Node.JS is a cross-platform runtime library and environment for running JavaScript applications outside the browser. It offers a rich library of various JavaScript modules that can simplify coding.
| ANGULAR JS | NODE.JS |
|---|---|
| It is a structural framework for developing dynamic web apps. | It is a cross-platform run-time environment for applications written in JavaScript language. |
| It is entirely written in JavaScript. | It is written in C, C++ and JavaScript. |
| It is used to build single-page client-side applications. | It is used to build fast and scalable server side networking applications. |
| Ideal for developing highly active and interactive web apps. | Ideal for developing small size projects. |
| The developer only need to add the AngularJS file to use it in his application. | The developer need to install the NodeJS on his computer system. |
| Models and views in AngularJS are much simpler than what found in other JavaScript client-side frameworks. | It uses the event driven nature of the JavaScript to support non blocking operations and that makes the platform efficient. |
| It is based on the model-view-controller design pattern and embraces that pattern completely. | It is single threaded meaning the web requests and processed and run on the same thread. |
| AngularJS is a Web Framework. | NodeJS provides different Web Frameworks like Socket.io, Hapi.js, Meteor.js, Express.js, and Sails.js |