Evolution of Frontend Frameworks:
The evolution of frontend frameworks witnesses Angular and React emerge as widely popular JS frameworks utilized by Software Professionals globally. They are instrumental in creating rich content and interactive web applications, particularly focusing on frontend development, shaping what users see and visualize. For example, giants like Facebook, Amazon, and Google have already widely using these frameworks to add their popularity. Explore the evolution of frontend frameworks with these versatile tools.
Angular, formerly known as Angular.js, dominated the front-end development landscape by enabling developers to create single-page applications using the MVC design pattern. Google introduced it in 2010. Angular, being created by Google, gained widespread adoption within the developer community. It received a rating over 11% higher compared to the Most Popular Technologies.
2013, Facebook released React which challenged the way that developers thought about how Front-End applications should be built. During this time, Angular used an MVC pattern and was a strongly opinionated framework, meaning that if the developer wanted to use Angular, they had to do things “the Angular way”.
React, which gave developers the flexibility to build applications using a centralized immutable state approach (all of the data in the application is in one place, remaining unchanged as opposed to MVC) such as Redux, whilst having the freedom to use any other libraries alongside this lightweight, but the powerful centrepiece of the application. Facebook then became a major contributor to the Front-End Developer community.
Developer Preferences and Trends:
According to the Stack Overflow 2018 Developer survey, which contained data from over 100,000 respondents, respondents rated Angular over 11% higher in relation to the Most Popular Technologies. The previous year’s survey rated Angular.JS as over 20% more popular than React in this category, however much has changed since then with React gaining favor with the developer community at a rapid rate. The survey concluded that Node.js and AngularJS remain the most commonly used technologies in this category, with React and .Net Core also holding significant importance for many developers.
As previously discussed, React coupled with Redux changed the way that developers built web applications. However, developers have now started to use Redux with Angular instead of MVC! This could further cement Angular as the preferred framework of choice; although, for many, it still remains far too opinionated which prevents many developers from upgrading their legacy Angular.JS applications to Angular.
Will Angular overtake React this year?
Examining the numbers, one could argue that React has never overtaken Angular. However, it’s a well-known fact in the developer community that despite these figures, the ongoing debate between React and Angular remains fierce, with React winning many recent battles. The truth of the matter will unfold as the year progresses and more developers upgrade their legacy applications to either React or Angular. It’s an exciting time for Software Engineers.
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