ReactJS v/s VueJS - which is better?

Comparison of ReactJS and VueJS by Bitbuffs

Before comparing vue.js and react.js, first, we need to have basic knowledge about both technologies after that we can say that which is the best front end technology so let’s take a quick tour and understand these popular frameworks…

What is React.Js?

  • React.js is an open-sourced javascript library created by Facebook for building complex and interactive UI (Front End) in web and mobile applications.
  • React.js is originally developed by Jordan Walkey, Lately Managed and maintained by Facebook and Facebook Community.
  • It allows developers to create intuitive, interactive and engaging applications with minimum coding and the best rendering performance. With the JavaScript library, developers can build large scale applications without reloading the page where data reflect in real-time.
  • Big companies like Apple, Instagram, Facebook, Netflix, Paypal, etc used react.js.

Features of React.JS

  1. Virtual DOM: It uses the Virtual DOM instead of the real DOM.
  2. JSX: JSX stands for JavaScript XML. It is a syntax extension that describes how the web or mobile app UI should look like.
  3. Components: It uses reusable UI Components
  4. React Native: It uses native component to build native apps
  5. Uni-Directional: It follows Uni-directional data flow or data binding.

Advantages of React.JS

  • React.js is extremely efficient javascript framework
  • React.js makes writing Javascript easier
  • React.js gives you out-of-the-box developer tools
  • React.js awesome for SEO

Disadvantages of React.js

  • React.js has large size of library
  • React.js’s documentation is very hard to understand for beginners
  • React.js’s learning curve is very hard as developers need to have in-depth knowledge about the integration user interface free library into the MVC framework.

What is Vue.js?

  • Vue.js is a progressive framework developed by Evan You for building user interface.
  • Vue.js is useful to develop the Single Page Application, Progressive Web Apps, and lightweight web app.
  • Companies like Alibaba, Gitlab, Behance, NASA, Adobe used vue.js framework.

Features of Vue.js

  • Virtual DoM: Vue.js also use Virtual DoM instead of a real DoM.
  • Templates: Vue.js provides HTML Templates so the developer needs to use it in DOM
  • Directives: Vue.js has built-in directives like v-if, v-else, v-show, v-on, v-bind, and v-model.
  • Components: it helps create custom elements.

Advantages of Vue.js

  • It has a very small library size
  • it is easy to understand
  • It is easy and fast in development
  • it is very simple in integration
  • it has detailed and easy to understand documentation

Disadvantages of Vue.js

  • It has less community as It is very new among all front end technologies.
  • it has very less plugin
  • Developer face language barrier problem as most of the codes written in Chinese

Comparison Between React.js and Vue.js

Difference Between ReactJS and VueJS by Bitbuffs
Difference Between ReactJS and VueJS by Bitbuffs
Difference Between Reactjs and Vuejs by Bitbuffs

Bit of Advice!

If you are a beginner and want to develop a website or mobile application in an easy and fast way then you should go with Vue.JS as it is easy to learn in comparison to react.js and if you love challenges and want to learn some new coding techniques then you should go with react.js as react.

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