What is Angular Nation?
Note that this article is pretty old by this point, but is still relevant. It’s April, 2018 and I am about to speak at ng-conf 2018 about Super-Powered, Server-Rendered Progressive Native Apps so definitely check that out once it goes live.
Angular Nation is the idea that all of us in the Angular community are connected together by a common set of goals and ideals including:
- Be a bridge builder — Respect everyone inside and outside the Angular community. Help others learn from your experiences.
- Think at scale — Value things that allow you to scale both in terms of developers and end users.
- All-in-one — One unified set of tools for app development that can be used on nearly every platform (i.e. browser, web server, mobile, desktop, etc.)
This website is dedicated to all the kindred spirits across the globe who believe in these ideals and want to see the Angular community grow and prosper.
Here is how it works:
- Tell us about your experience using Angular at work
- We may email you back to ask you questions about your experience
- Periodically (about once a month) we will create a high-quality blog post that highlights important points and/or themes from the all the stories submitted by the community.
The goal is to have content that is entertaining, educational, inspiring and will help bring all of us in Angular Nation closer together.
FAQs
How is this different than any other Angular blog?
There are plenty of ways to get technical content about Angular. The difference here is that blog posts will focus more on people and organizations. For example, a typical technical article may explain how to best utilize TypeScript with Angular or the step-by-step details of how to use the CLI. An Angular Nation article, on the other hand, will focus (for example) on a story about how an organization initially struggled to get buy in from developers into TypeScript or the process another organization went through to decided between Angular Native, Angular Ionic and other mobile options.
Why should I submit my story to AngularNation.org?
The biggest and most important reason is that your submission will be used to help the Angular community. Other people can learn from your experience and we can start to identify Angular DX issues that need to be addressed.
A secondary benefit of your submission is that we will (at your request) promote a company and/or product that is related to your story. This is not a commercial, though. It will be a mention and a link back to whatever you want.
What if my story contains private information?
We will respect any request for privacy. Also, if your story is mentioned in a blog post you will be able to review the post before it goes live.
What do I get out of writing for AngularNation.org?
Similar to why someone would submit a story, writers should get satisfaction from knowing they are helping others in the community and there is recognition in terms of promotion for a company/product and a link.
Oh, and also you get to work with me (Jeff) and other editors who will help you generate an amazing post that draws a large audience.
Let us know if you would like to write for Angular Nation.
What else can I do for my fellow citizens of Angular Nation?
So glad you asked. There is so much you can do to help others, but here are a couple ideas:
- Participate in conversations on the Angular gitter channel
- Help fix GitHub issues
- Sign up as a volunteer
Note that if you sign up as a volunteer, the short term process will involve a simple email back with some ideas. Eventually, though, we will refine this process and start automatically matching you up with specific areas of need.
The author, Jeff Whelpley is the CTO of GetHuman. GetHuman is the place you go for things like finding the United Airlines phone number. Also check out his latest project, a simple spending tracker.
