--- title: Don’t learn Angular - if you’re new. | daily.dev description: A veteran developer argues that beginners should avoid starting with Angular (or any framework) because it risks anchoring their thinking to framework-specific... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-learn-angular---if-you-re-new--mbv0off5x twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Don’t learn Angular - if you’re new. | daily.dev og:description: A veteran developer argues that beginners should avoid starting with Angular (or any framework) because it risks anchoring their thinking to framework-specific... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-learn-angular---if-you-re-new--mbv0off5x og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/MBv0OFf5X.png og:image:alt: Don’t learn Angular - if you’re new. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Don’t learn Angular - if you’re new. **[Stefan Mischook](https://daily.dev/sources/stefanmischook)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A veteran developer argues that beginners should avoid starting with Angular (or any framework) because it risks anchoring their thinking to framework-specific patterns rather than transferable fundamentals. 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