In February 2014, Max Lynch, CEO of Ionic, predicted AngularJS would significantly impact the frontend development industry, transforming it from a mere framework into a comprehensive platform akin to Java, .NET, and jQuery. At the first AngularJS conference, ng-conf, Lynch observed widespread enthusiasm for AngularJS among developers, project managers, and executives from major companies, who were increasingly directing teams to adopt the framework and investing in necessary training. This enthusiasm was not only due to Angular's technical merits, such as testability and dependency injection, but also because it was gaining substantial developer mindshare, marking it as a strategic investment for both individual developers and companies. The framework's rising popularity was evident as it began influencing job requirements and technology investments within organizations, making it a pivotal tool for building complex and powerful frontend applications expected by users.