Why You Would Choose One
Once a frontend developer usually gets skilled enough in JavaScript, they want to move to something much easier!
JavaScript is no doubt hard and painful having to call each separate element to modify their DOM (Document, Object, Model)!
React, Angular and Vue are here to fix this. They offer alternatives to calling each element each time and extra features like faster page speed.
For example, in React you can use something called State to asynchronously update elements instead of calling an element in a variable and changing it!
The majority of developer will use these "frameworks" because they are simply easier and better than plain old JavaScript. You can actually still use JavaScript in your applications, and that is what these frameworks are built on!
Which JavaScript Framework is Better?
There is not really worse or better but, there is which one you would benefit from the most!
1. React
- Updates and renders components (each page or section of the site) efficiently
- Components - Let's you render and pass data without calling the DOM
- Previous updates are never really overwritten
- Lots of updates constantly happening and developed by Facebook/Meta
- Gigantic community
- Props - allow the passing of data between pages
- Hooks - Unique features to make your component function
- Simple startup with just "create-react-app app" to make a whole project
- Fast speed especially added with frameworks like Next
- Lots of libraries for whatever you need done, easily!
You can check it out here.
2. Angular
- Easy web and native development with components
- Really fast speed and performance
- Easy Templates to work with
- Lots of code snippets recognized by the IDE (like VSCode and Sublime)
- Giant community
- Thorough documentation
- Lots of libraries for added features
You can check it out here.
3. Vue
- Built on-top and with CSS, JavaScript and HTML in mind
- Good Documentation
- Optimize rendering
- Takes on lots of rendering forms
- Components
- Easy to use API's
- Growing community
- Less complex
You can check it out here.
A Framework Competition
Not we will see how these frameworks hold up to different features and we will tally the score!
Documentation
- React has a decent but not too great documentation
- Angular has one for each situation but complex
- Vue has a very thorough one with lots of situations and it is easy to comprehend!
Vue wins, 0 - 0 - 1
Speed
- React is very fast especially when next or vite is added
- Angular is fast but, it is very large
- Vue is extremely fast and small, but without faster add-ons
React and Vue tie, 1 - 0 - 2
Community
- React has a massive community and is the most popular language
- Angular has a big one but less popular
- Vue is growing in popularity and community
React wins, 2 - 0 - 2
Complexity
- React is not too complex but hooks are complicated
- Angular is pretty intense with a lot of features and learning curve
- Vue is easily learned and coded
Vue wins, 2 - 0 - 3
Scalability
- React is good for everything but not too industrial
- Angular is very strong as an enterprise application with lots of scalability
- Vue is better for smaller applications
Angular wins, 2 - 1 - 3
Libraries
- React has an insane amount of add-on libraries
- Angular also has a decent amount
- Vue is smaller and less libraries for adding
React wins, 3 - 1 - 3
Built-in Features
- React does have some features but requires lots of frameworks for other things
- Angular has an insane amount of features constantly growing
- Vue has a good amount but also required libraries
Angular wins, 3 - 2 - 3
Conclusion
In the end React and Vue tied with 3 points each with Angular close behind. This is an overall comparison but if you like a specific feature on a framework you can still use it!
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