In this article, I will try to show all about the pros and cons of these frameworks and suggested what to choose in 2018 for particular purposes. Let’s start which we want to choose react, angular 2 or Vue ?
Basically JavaScript frameworks are used for developing at an extremely very fast pace, it means that today we have frequently updated versions of all players like Angular, ReactJS and another player on this market .
Also, I tried to analyze the number of open positions worldwide that require a specific knowledge of a certain framework. We searched and got the following distribution according to more than 60,000 job offers.
Overall, React and Angular are develop organically with the relatively the same dynamics (Both are same in some of case ). If we try to forecast the demand for these frontend frameworks, then we can see a positive tendency for React while Angular has a bit of declining one ( Because of its demand ). Vue.js is still not clear, but according to its specific convenient structure, it’s going to grow as well, maybe just a bit less than main frameworks.
ReactJS Pros and cons :
ReactJS is a JavaScript library, ( As we know ) it is open sourced by Facebook in 2013, which is great for building huge web applications where data is changeable on a regular basis.
Some Benefits of ReactJS:
It is Downward data binding which means that with this kind of data flow the child elements cannot affect parent data.
Migrating between versions is generally very easy, with Facebook providing “codemods” to automate much of the process.
Easy to learn. React is much easier to learn because of its simplicity in terms of syntax. Engineers just need to recall their HTML writing skills and that’s it. No need to deeply learn Type Script like in Angular.
High level of flexibility and also maximum of responsiveness.
Virtual DOM (document object model) that allows arranging documents in HTML, XHTML, or XML formats into a tree from which is better acceptable by web browsers while parsing different elements of the web app.
Combined with ES6/7, ReactJS can work with the high load in an easy way.
100% open source JavaScript library which get a lot of everyday updates and improvements according to the contributions of developers all over the world.
Absolutely light-weighted because the data performing on the user side can be easily represented on the server side simultaneously.
Some Drawbacks of ReactJS:
ReactJS is unopinionated — meaning that developers sometimes have too much choice.
It is very Long time to master which means that React JS requires deep knowledge of how to integrate user interface into MVC framework.
Some companies which are using ReactJS :
ReactJS: Instagram, Netflix, New York Times, Khan Academy, Whatsapp, Codecademy, Dropbox, Airbnb, Asana, Atlassian, Facebook, Intercom, Yahoo, Microsoft.
Some Pros and cons of Vue.js :
Vue.js is also a JavaScript framework, and it is launched in 2013, which perfectly fits for creating highly adaptable user interfaces and sophisticated Single-page applications.
Some Benefits of Vue.js :
It provides a rapid switching period from other frameworks to Vue.js because of the similarity with Angular and React in terms of design and architecture.
Awesome integration. It can be used for both building single-page applications and more difficult web interfaces of apps. The main thing is that smaller interactive parts can be easily integrated into the existing infrastructure with no negative effect on the entire system.
Large scaling. It can help to develop a pretty large reusable templates that can be made with no extra time allocated for that according to its simple structure.
Tiny size. Vue.js can weight around only 20KB keeping its speed and flexibility that allows reaching much better performance in comparison to other frameworks.
Some Drawbacks of Vue.js :
Risk of over flexibility. Sometimes, Vue.js might have some issues while integrating into huge projects and there is still no experience with possible solutions, but they will definitely come soon.
. Lack of resources. Vue.js still has a pretty small market share in comparison with React or Angular, which means that knowledge sharing in this framework is still in the beginning phase.
Some Companies that use Vue.js :
Alibaba, EuroNews, Grammarly, Gitlab and Laracasts, Adobe,Behance, Codeship, Reuters, Xiaomi, WizzAir.
Some Pros and cons of Angular 2:
As we know Angular is super heroic JavaScript MVVM framework, founded in 2009, which is awesome for building highly interactive web applications.
Some Benefits of Angular 2 :
Dependency injection of the features related to the components with modules and modularity in general.
Two-way data binding that enables singular behavior for the app which minimized risks of possible errors.
MVVM (Model-View-View Model) that allows developers to work separately on the same app section using the same set of data.
Some Drawbacks of Angular 2:
Migration issues are important drawbacks of Angular 2 which can appear while moving from the older version to the latest ones.
The complex syntax that comes from the first version of Angular. Nevertheless, Angular 2 uses Type Script 2.4 which is the least difficult to learn in comparison.
Companies that use Angular 2:
Telegram, Weather, iStockphoto, AWS, Crunchbase, Udemy, YouTube, Paypal, Upwork, Freelancer, Google.
Note: All the cited assumptions are made on the personal and some googling stuffs. Feel free to suggest the best as per your experience.