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Comparison

React, Angular, Vue Compared​

JavaScript libraries and frameworks have more similarities than differences. The reality is that they borrow ideas from each other to improve the JavaScript ecosystem.

React​

  • Facebook
  • Components
  • Library
  • Just the View in MVC
  • Need to include other libraries
    • React Router (Routing)
    • HTTP: Axios or fetch API
  • ES6 (Babel compiler) or TypeScript (tsc compiler)
  • Create React App
  • Uses Webpack
  • Redux

Angular​

  • Google
  • Components
  • Framework
  • Modular
  • Component Router
  • HttpClient
  • Forms
  • Usually TypeScript (tsc compiler)
  • Angular CLI
  • Uses Webpack
  • Reactive Extensions for Angular (ngrx)

Vue​

  • Community
    • Started by former Google Technologist and Meteor core team member Evan You
  • Components
  • Framework
  • Modular
  • Vue Router (official Router)
  • Need to include other libraries
    • HTTP: Axios or fetch API
    • Forms
  • ES6 (Babel compiler) or TypeScript (tsc compiler)
  • Vue CLI
  • Vuex (State Management)

React, Angular, Vue: Key Insights​

Angular continues to put “JS” into HTML. React puts “HTML” into JS. – Cory House

  • Vue and Angular have templates which are often favored by developers without as much JavaScript experience
  • React does not have templates because it just relies on JavaScript combined with JSX so it is often favored by developers who are fluent in JavaScript
  • Angular is a more comprehensive framework while React is more of a targeted micro library. Vue can starts as a micro library and scales to a comprehensive framework.
  • Because React and Vue are smaller they can be:
    • Easier to understand
      • Vue even more than React because of its use of templates and excellent documentation
    • Easier to include in a project
  • React is much more popular (but has existed longer)
  • React and Vue is used more by design/digital/interactive agencies to build interactive websites as well as in the applications in an enterprise
  • Angular is used more for building applications in the enterprise, particularly at larger organizations, and is getting better for website use cases