In angular2. We must have seen in every project there is plugin called platform-browser and platform-browser-dynamic.
"@angular/platform-browser": "2.0.0-rc.4", "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "2.0.0-rc.4",
Let us understand the difference.
The difference between platform-browser-dynamic and platform-browser is the way your angular app will be compiled.
@angular/platform-browser
- It contains code shared for browser execution (DOM thread, WebWorker)
Ahead-of-Time
pre-compiled version of application being sent to the browser. Which usually means a significantly smaller package being sent to the browser.
@angular/platform-browser-dynamic
- It contains the client side code that processes templates (bindings, components, ...) and reflective dependency injection.
-
Uses
Just-in-Time
compiler and make's application compile on client-side.
When the offline template compiler is used, platform-browser-dynamic isn't necessary because all reflective access and metadata are converted to generated code.