Discussion on: How to select a front-end framework?

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Vue
- Easy to learn
- Very fast
- All tools associated with it are packaged well
- Takes parts from Angular and React and optimizes them
- less widely adopted than some others
- Flexible -- you can use it in multiple ways
AngularJS
- Built by Google
- Well supported
- Huge number of features
- Improves application scalability
- Difficult to debug
- Large learning curve
Angular 2+
- Built by Google
- Well supported
- Encourages reusability
- Improves application scalability
- Large learning curve
React
- Built by Facebook
- Bundles frontend code into components
- Organizes code and data to make code more reusable
- Large learning curve
Ember
- Gives a large amount of functionality out of the box
- Opinionated (you have to use its formatting)
- Steep learning curve

Bonus:

Hyperapp - super fun and uses the Elm architecture but in JavaScript. I'm a big fan of this one even though its more niche.

I just find that Elm architecture is a completely different way to write Javascript. It can be seen as a language which can be compile to JavaScript.

Ali Spittel • Sep 2 '18

Yeah -- Elm is a functional programming language that transpiles to JS, it follows an application structure that Hyperapp mimics, just using JS instead of the Elm language

Donita • Aug 31 '18

Such a good list of the differences!

Sergiu Mureşan • Aug 31 '18

Didn't expect AngularJS to be on the list. I think it has a smaller learning curve than Angular 2 (or 6 now?) since you don't need TypeScript.

Ali Spittel • Sep 2 '18

I somewhat agree, but the error messages in AngularJS were horrific when I learned it which made it so hard to learn -- maybe its improved though?

Sergiu Mureşan • Sep 2 '18

Not really, they are still pretty bad. Especially when it fails to evaluate an expression inside the template and doesn't say anything if that failed.

For example: {{ search.id }} would silently show absolutely nothing even if search is undefined.

Ben • Aug 30 '18 • Edited

Thanks. I may try try Hyperapp later.

Sadly, the learning curve of most framework quite long.

Actually, I have used trird most framework what I have written for POI.

I think angular may be the most comprehensive framework for the above stated feature.

I do not say angular is better than other framework. Other framework can be achieved by the famous libraries such as redux for react.