The number of web application development frameworks based on Javascript is increasing day by day. Businesses these days are developing their frontend web applications using two popular Javascript framework Angular and React. Choosing the right framework may have a considerable effect on the success of your online business.
Additionally, it can influence your ability to complete the web app development project on time and maintain the code in the future. JavaScript frameworks, like Angular and React, bring structure to the code and keep it organized, thus making your business app more scalable and flexible, and the development process – easier that result in faster delivery of the project.
In this post, we are going to compare two of the most popular Javascript framework Angular and React. So, let’s start.
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AngularJS
AngularJS is an open-source javascript development framework used to create web applications. Moreover, AngularJS is one of the oldest javascript development framework and it has the largest developer community globally. AngularJS solves almost all the problems related to single page application by extending the HTML functionalities using directives.
In addition, AngularJS framework focuses on getting your web application up and running quickly.
Pros and Cons of AngularJS
Pros
– Easy to find developers because of the large developer community.
– Straightforward UI design and alteration.
– Code pattern is easy to understand for anyone.
– Provides filter option to enter and view the data in the application according to the requirements.
– AngularJS saves a lot of time as it is faster and easy to develop.
– Services of AngularJS are readily available which makes the coding a lot easier.
Cons
– Its coding looks complex to a normal person who does not have any knowledge about coding.
– Development of a web application sometimes gets delayed due to DOM manipulation.
– AngularJS has a substantial framework size.
– Problems exist in search engine indexing.
ReactJS
React is a JavaScript library used for designing user interfaces with a complete focus on great rendering performance introduced by Facebook. React is built on model view controller architecture. It is also effective for rendering a large set of data.
React was designed for solving problems which are related to other javascript development framework.
Pros and Cons of React
Pros
– React is quite easy to be mastered.
– It is the most lightweight framework to develop web applications for businesses.
– Developer community provides good support.
– Reuse of previous code is easy in React.
Cons
– It’s a steep learning curve.
– React is a library, not the fully functional framework.
– Developing business web application using ReactJS is little difficult.
Angular Vs React Comparison on Different Parameters:
1. Learning curve
React uses the least abstractions, however, it will take more time to learn the best practices, as there are a lot of ways in which you can do the same thing or go wrong.
Angular goes 3rd and although after you learn angular you should know everything else associated to it (typescript, MVC…), angular itself is a huge library that requires more time to learn.
2. Scalability
Angular is easy to scale thanks to its design as well as a powerful CLI.
React claims to be more testable and therefore scalable and I think that is partly true.
3. 3rd party library compatibility
React, although it doesn’t work with DOM, it is pure JavaScript logic and its popularity even the DOM based libraries have their alternative in React.
Angular would have done better if not Typescript that requires type definitions for every library.
4. Jobs
React and angular, as depending on where you are one of these frameworks will slightly dominate.
5. Performance
No ranking for this one, as all of them, are comparable. React might be a bit faster when it fully supports fiber, but now we are still in beta and nothing really can be done about it.
6. Company’s perspective
Angular has a free open source license. It is supported by Google, making it probably the best choice for a company, as there is also fewer things that differ between angular practices.
React comes with a patent clause that for some businesses would be quite a big issue. However, there are also a few alternatives that work in the same way as react and even use the same syntax. I personally like inferno and RAX.
Wrapping Up
So, in this blog, we gave a brief comparison between the two most popular and widely used javascript development framework. Moreover, you should choose the framework wisely as it is a very important step before starting the web application development phase. ReactJS and AngularJS offer different approaches to web application development for startup and small-scale businesses.
Both Javascript development framework is powerful and easy to use, while both are neither best or worst. Depending upon web application development goals and system constraints businesses can either select AngularJS, ReactJS and back.
