I am planning to re-write my web app in AngularJS 1.x. Currently I am using jQuery and it had worked fine so far. What are the benefits of using AngularJS in production over jQuery? Are you using it? Do you see a significant improvement in performance, etc..?
Angular includes a jquery lite library and can be used within your angular app. It's has a learning curve, but once you understand the fundamentals of Angularjs the benefits become pretty clear.
Some common jquery practices are made really easy with Angular (hiding/showing content, animations, applying styles conditionally). Plus, as a primarily front end developer it has expanded my development abilities (can create full stack applications, mobile apps more easily, ect).
And yeah, maintainability of your code should be easier with AngularJS.
I think you should do some more googling and reading up about Angularjs. This is an apples to oranges type of comparison.
Thanks for bringing that up. This was next on my list. 1.x or 2?! I feel that angular 2 is gaining more attention and probably better(I haven't read much), I would stick to angular 1.x.
Edit: I can't help but to shameless plug my AngularJS-like frame work, TemplarJS. It does most of the same things but I designed it to have a much flatter learning curve. I wouldn't recommend it for production as it is still a work-in-progress but take a look at it if you get the time. https://github.com/ShamariFeaster/Templar
Examples: http://templar.bigfeastsoftware.com
