Vue.js VS React.js

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Introduction - Why Vue.js vs React?

To start off: why compare Vue.js and React? The main reason is time. Both frameworks can accomplish similar results, are popular in the community, and are used by successful businesses. But they offer differences that impact the learning curve, implementation time, and ideal use cases.

So, if you are a developer, you know that it takes a lot of effort to master technology. By smartly picking a few techs to focus on, you won't become a jack-of-all-trades with hollow knowledge.

Similarly, if you are a tech leader or business owner, you want to pick the most appropriate tech for your project to minimize risks down in the line.

Vue's Story

In 2014 a lone developer, Evan You, built and released Vue.js, an open-sourced frontend framework in order to improve on available JavaScript tools. A former Google employee, he wanted to create a framework that combined the best approaches to frontend development from frameworks like Angular, Ember, and React with other features that made writing Web apps faster, easier, and more pleasant. The framework is now developed and maintained by Vue.js Core Team.

Read the interview with Evan You and his plans on how to further grow Vue.js in our Vue Report: Amsterdam 2022.

React's Story

React was created for the purpose of targeting specific needs at Facebook, and it continues to be maintained by the tech giant. In the past there were doubts regarding React’s license; currently, however, the tool operates under the MIT License—which makes it open source.

React’s corporate backing, especially from such a major player, indicates stability in the future and implies that React will continue to be developed with long-term support.

Vue.js and React Similarities

There are many reasons for Vue’s and React’s prominence in the developer landscape, but before we dive deeper into their distinctive features, let’s briefly go over what the two share that makes them so in demand.

• Virtual DOM —instead of re-rendering the whole page as is the case with regular DOM, React and Vue update only those objects that have changed, saving time and resources that heavy DOM manipulations otherwise consume.
• Component-based UI development — Vue’s and React’s considerable libraries of components facilitate code reuse, improve developer productivity, and speed up the development process.
• Focus on the view library — separate concerns for routing, state management, etc. Usage of JavaScript — both frameworks rely partially on JS which also means that developers that know this technology can easily learn both React and Vue.

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