As we all know React and Angular both are the top JS(JavaScript) frameworks and have very tough competition. In between, for front-end developers, it is so hard to decide What should they have to learn? Which has a better future scope? Marketing demands, popularity, speed and productivity, and so more. I'll help you to clear your all doubts in this article. So, keep reading, and please comment on what you choose.
Comparison points that I'll cover in this article -
- Basic Introduction - Angular and ReactJS
- Pros and Cons
- Companies using these technologies
- Languages used by these frameworks
- Code Syntax
- Testing and Debugging
- Binding
- Mobile Solutions
- Angular or ReactJS, which one of them is better?
Introduction
What is Angular?
Full-fledged MVC framework or Angular is TypeScript based and open-source web application framework for front-end web development, created by Google (2016).
Angular is actively supported by Google and in all Google products angular is used. Also, supported the individual community of developers.
What is React?
It is also known as ReactJS or React.js and developed by Facebook. React is a JavaScript library that is used for building UI or UI components.
ReactJS is actively supported by the community of individual
developers and companies. In comparison to Angular, React is easy to learn and
easy to launch.
Prons and Cons
Angular
Prons
- Clear code and structure
- Offers high performance
- A material design like interface
- Take care of routing
Cons
- Angular features can be difficult and confusing for beginners.
- Slow with pages embedding interactive elements
- Integration with the third party will be difficult
- Switching from the older versions to the newer will be difficult as every 6-7 months the new version available.
ReactJS
Pros
- Better user experience
- Easy to launch and has faster development and time saving
- Code stability and one-direction data binding
- Allows you to use third parties services
Cons
- Needs complex configuration and set-up, when Integrating with MVC framework like Rail.
- React's users should have in-depth knowledge of the MVC framework about the integration of the user interface.
Companies using these technologies
Angular
- Walmart
- Paypal
- SONY
- Forbes
- Nike
- Upwork
ReactJS
- Airbnb
- Dropbox
- Uber
Languages
Angular is Typescript based web application framework so it
uses TypeScript (JS+HTML). While React uses JavaScript and JSX (JavaScript
XML).
Code Syntax
Testing and Debugging
To test your complete angular project you need only a single tool. While testing a complete react project you need a set of tools for different testing.
Binding
Angular does two-way data binding -
1. Event Binding
2. Property Binding
It helps us to assure that the model state automatically changes if any changes made.
React does one-way data binding, which means without updating the corresponding model state, the user interface elements cannot be changed.
Mobile Solutions
Angular
- The Ionic framework is used by angular for hybrid mobile application development.
- Ionic provides a robust UI component library.
- Created application on the gadget, seems like a web app inside a local web application holder. So, apps can be slow.
ReactJS
- React uses a platform called "Native" for giving mobile solutions by creating native mobile applications.
- Compare to Ionic’s syntax, Native's syntax is slightly different.
- Produces local UI, allows developers to make their own parts, and tie them to local code.
Angular or ReactJS, which one of them is better?
After all this finally, the question is What to learn? Which is better?
Well, it totally depends on your project requirements and level, and especially what you are aiming for. Every framework and library has its own benefits and challenges. And angular and react are not different here.
I would like to share my personal opinion that, if you're new to programming, want to learn something quickly, and have a small and stable project then choose ReactJS as it is popular, easy to learn, high demand, and have many more benefits.
But if you're looking for a full-flex framework to build large scale projects and you know programming and want to put efforts to follow straight forward coding then angular is the best choice. Angular is quite challenging as it has a strict structure and every 6-7 months the major updates arrive.
Now, it's all yours. Comment your decision on what you wanted to learn? And If the article require any updates or changes then must comment your suggestions.