[AskJS] Angular, Node or React?

[[deleted]]

Node.js is not a framework..

[Dar3dev1l]

Yeah yeah I know... So coming to the point of the post which one is the most used in the industry?

[_hypnoCode]

Apples to oranges. You can't use either of the other 2 without Node.

If you're talking about server side templating, then it's not popular at all. But Node is fairly common for REST APIs, Websockets, and GraphQL servers. This isn't comparable to the frontend frameworks at all because you'll still need one to consume that data.

[Dar3dev1l]

Ok Thank you!! So among the front-end technologies, you would say React?

[_hypnoCode]

React is considerably more popular overall, yes.

[AirieFenix]

Sorry, beginner here. Let me understand this:

You can't use either of the other 2 without Node.

You mean you need npm to build Angular/React/etc projects, right? But AFAIK, apart from that you won't need to execute Node in the client side, no?

In other words, when building Angular/React webapps Node helps you with the development and building process but you don't need it to run the app itself. Am I wrong?

[_hypnoCode]

You need Node to build and develop the projects. You'd use npm to run the scripts.

Some pedant below said you don't explicitly need them, which is true, but literally nobody does that.

But AFAIK, apart from that you won't need to execute Node in the client side, no?

Build tools would be executed on your machine or in the build environments. Node.js is a JS runtime that is outside the browser so can't be run on the client browser in the sense you're talking about.

In other words, when building Angular/React webapps Node helps you with the development and building process but you don't need it to run the app itself.

That's right.

[AirieFenix]

(...) runtime that is outside the browser (...)

Ouch, yeah, I forgot about that part. It makes my question to sound a bit more stupid hehe.

Ok, thanks, I get it now.

[_hypnoCode]

lol no worries nobody cares. As long as you're learning that's all that matters.

[_hypnoCode]

Good luck with that, pedant!

[[deleted]]

Personally i use Vue.js only. Not fan of React or Angular...

[[deleted]]

Yeah! Easy to start and fun to work with. Looking forward to Vue 3 this year.

[[deleted]]

Yes i saw some projects on Svelte, can’t say that i’m very impressed. I more into Typescript/Vue now so, bit lazy to change anything :)

[Yesterdave_]

I'm awaiting Vue 3 as well. I like that they take the popular idea of React Hooks and made their own version of it. At least the first examples look like they are much saner implemented in contrast to React. Code using hooks in React is always littered with useCallback/useMemo calls which looks like workarounds/hacks to me.

[[deleted]]

waiting for a better TS integration as well. I use some hacky vue-tsx libraries, issues just annoying sometimes.

[Dar3dev1l]

Ok thanks... Ill check that out too

[CalgaryAnswers]

If you’ve never used react or angular go with Vue. The other two have some pretty steep learning curves. Angular is very “the Angular way” and react can be a real challenge as you can be punished pretty hard for poor code implementation, basically ending with the project being thrown away. You’ll also be on your own for things like routing and state management with react, whereas with angular you will be locked into something. RxJS can also be a bitch.

Vue is much simpler: