Choosing the right framework for web development is a fundamental pillar for every business. But with numerous frameworks available in the market, this decision has become tremendously difficult.
Earlier frameworks like Angular and React were the talk of the web development market but with the introduction of Vue, developers were compelled to analyze the three.
They are debating whether to take advantage of the UI library provided by React or go with a seasoned full-fledged front-end framework viz. Angular, or use the latest and most progressive framework out of them all viz. Vue.
This blog intends to clarify this confusion and help you choose the right front-end framework for your project.
Let’s begin!
What is Angular?
Angular is an open-source framework, released by Google in 2010. It is the oldest framework among the three and has excellent support in the developer’s community
What is React?
Introduced by Facebook in 2011, ReactJS was made publicly available in 2013. It is a JavaScript library of UI components, used for creating intuitive user interfaces. As of now, around 8,712,493 live websites are using React.
According to a survey conducted by the State of Developer Ecosystem (2018), React was found as the most regularly used framework. Later in 2019, a survey by Stack Overflow, also found out that 74.5% of the developers worldwide prefer using ReactJS development services to design and develop front-end applications.
What is Vue?
Vue is the youngest framework amongst the three. It was developed by an ex-Google employee, Evan in 2014 and is maintained by him and his active team members.
Within a few years, Vue has gained immense popularity and significant support in the developer’s community.
Angular vs Vue vs React
All three frameworks have their unique characteristics. Let’s find out the best framework for you by comparing them on these parameters:
1. Popularity
Comparing frameworks based on their popularity is a good way of finding out the best framework. Because the more popular one framework is, the more resources and community support it provides.
According to Developer Survey (2020) by Stack Overflow, among all the Web Frameworks, React.js stands at second position with 35.9% votes, followed by Angular/AngularJS at third position with 25.1% votes, while Vue.js stands at seventh position in the chart with 19.1% votes.
Although Vue seems to be far behind in popularity according to the above survey, it is at third position in terms of Usage of the JS frameworks/libraries for frontend development, according to a different survey by The State of JS in 2020.
Verdict:
In terms of popularity, React is the winner.
2. Architecture
React has a component-based architecture which means that the user interface of a web app powered by React is nothing but a combination of loosely bound React elements. React elements are reusable and fully customizable as when a user interacts with a particular element of the UI, just the state of that particular React component is altered making it the perfect choice for your web app’s frontend development.
Angular has the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture. This architecture divides UIs into three views, which are:
- Business Logic
- UI Logic
- Input Logic
MVC architecture makes it easy to make modifications and upgrades without completely re-writing the whole thing.
Vue uses a two-way data binding, a v-model directive. This makes it compatible with other libraries.
Verdict:
React is the winner as it is a UI library and not a framework and developers can customize the React components to fit their requirements.
3. Performance and development
React supports bundling and tree-shaking, a feature crucial for reducing the end users’ resource loads. Moreover, it offers better control over the project due to one-way data-binding support and can be easily tested and monitored.
Angular has seamless third-party integrations for enhancing the functionality of the product/application and provides a robust collection of components leading to simplified art of writing, altering, and using the code. Its MVC model helps in curtailing queries in the background by allowing separation of views. Furthermore, it facilitates the compiling of HTML and TypeScript into JavaScript, leading to the faster compilation of the code much before the browser starts to load the web app.
Vue has a faster learning curve. It is an efficient and sophisticated single-page application and has versatility due to high-end features.
Verdict:
React is best for complex applications that require frequent changes while Angular is a preferred choice of many professional developers to create large-scale SPAs. When it comes to memory requirements and booting time, Vue is the right framework for you.
Wrapping up
All three of these frameworks have numerous advantages to offer, but choosing the right framework depends on what your projects require.
If you are still caught up between these three frameworks, maybe our experts can help you.
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