What is Angular Hack Day?

Angular Hack Days were community-run events for Angular Developers or people who want to learn Angular for free.

The events brought together experienced Angular developers to share ideas and beginners to learn.

Attendees brought their own laptops with Angular set up and installed. All experience levels were welcome.

What is Angular?

Angular is a powerful, open-source web framework maintained by Google that enables developers to create fast, scalable, and reliable web applications.

Why Learn Angular?

AI makes it easier to write code. Angular makes it easier to organise that code into something a team can maintain.

AI makes it easier than ever to write code quickly, but speed is only useful if that code can be maintained, tested, and scaled by a real team.

That is where Angular still matters.

While React gets a lot of attention, Angular gives developers a strong, opinionated framework with TypeScript-first development, built-in routing, forms, services, dependency injection, and clear conventions. Those guardrails are especially valuable in the AI age, because they help keep AI-generated code structured, consistent, and production-ready.

For new or AI-curious developers, Angular is worth a taste test. It shows how AI can help you move fast without creating chaos, and how a well-structured framework can make your apps easier for both humans and AI to understand, extend, and maintain.

Angular Hack Day has retired

Thank you to everyone who was part of Angular Hack Day. Read our retirement announcement below.

Event Organizers

Jernej (Jk) Kavka, Luke Cook, Matt Wicks, and Adam Cogan from SSW Consulting. You can contact them via this form.

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I'm yet to really try Angular. This is just the thing I need to get over beginner's block.

Matthew Taylor

Angular Hack Day has retired

We’ve loved running Angular Hack Day over the years and bringing the community together to learn, build, and share what’s new in Angular.

As the tech landscape has shifted, particularly with the rapid rise of AI, interest in the event has gradually declined. We’ve decided it’s the right time to retire Angular Hack Day and focus our energy on new events that reflect where developers are heading next.

A big thank you to everyone who attended, spoke, volunteered, sponsored, or helped make Angular Hack Day such a great event over the years. ❤️

Past event FAQ

What did attendees bring?

Attendees brought a laptop with Angular already set up and installed. Do you know the stuff to install? They also brought their love of learning and questions for our experts.


Was food provided?

SSW provided free coffee and muffins for attendees at 9:00 am.