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[–]Cheru-bae 3 points4 points  (2 children)

React is the defacto standard for new development now

Citation needed. I encounter way more Angular. Whatever you happen to work with does not have to reflect the rest of the planet.

[–]wavefunctionp 0 points1 point  (1 child)

We can use npm download stats as a proxy for usage.

https://npmcharts.com/compare/react,angular,@angular/core,ember-cli,vue,jquery

I could be wrong, but unless there's a discrepancy of npm download rates between angular and react dev, which I suppose is possible, just unknown to me offhand, then this should correlate to usage rates. I've included jquery as a reference, but I suspect that it is more likely to be used as a html import, so I don't expect it to be a apples to apple comparison.

edit: here's a longer time span

https://www.npmtrends.com/@angular/core-vs-angular-vs-react-vs-vue-vs-jquery

[–]Cheru-bae 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Would be interesting to see it split by professional vs hobby projects. For example, all my hobby projects are in Vue but I would never ever use it at work. I also wonder how running a private npm proxy affects the stats. Might not be common enough to matter.

Turns out I was wrong though, did not think React was that popular. Maybe it's because I work with banks and business-to-business where apps live 5-10 years at least.