Should I start my new project using Polymer 2.0?

[Jonathan Gamba]

Hi guys, sorry if this was already asked but I'm planning to start a new project using Polymer so I wonder if should I jump directly to polymer 2.0, I have been following the Polymer summit 

and looks great.

I know it is in preview mode but I would like to get some input from the community, should I start my project with the version 2.0 or should I wait and use the stable version?, if I choose to start with 2.0 there is a Polymer CLI compatible with that 2.0 version?. 

If we already have tools like CLI compatible with Polymer 2.0 I think I would not mind to work with that preview version of polymer.

I will really appreciate any comment, thanks!

[Carlos Araya]

Jonathan:

I think that it'll depend on what the status of your project is. 

Polymer 2.0 is still in a preview mode that I would qualify as Alpha. Some things will likely change before the final release and some things will likely be moved around.

With Hybrid Mode your 1.0 Polymer components will work in 2.0 and you can do a gradual migration. There was a presentation that illustrated how this may happen. 

If you're willing to take the uncertainty and the changes in both Polymer and the Polyfills supporting it then I'd start the project in 2.0 with the understanding that it's not production quality yet. If you're looking at going into Production soon I'd stick with 1.0 and look at Hybrid Mode to future proof your project. 

[Jonathan Gamba]

Thanks a lot for the help, yeah, after some research and with the help of your replies I will stick with Polymer 1.0.
1.0 have all the nice tooling like Polymer CLI that for sure will help me in order to start my project, also the use of the 1.0 Polyfills will allow me to have a better browsers support 

and for sure I will start to play with the Hybrid Mode and do some 2.0 elements but I think the best choice is to have the base for the project with 1.0

Thanks again guys!