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Discussion on: React or Vue, which JS framework is best?

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Programming with Shahan

Agreed. Even though Vue is used much less, it is mostly used for its simplicity and lightweight libraries.

I would go with Vue.js if I needed a simple application with minimal overhead. Its package size being only 21 KBs, quicker in data rendering than react.js.

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Eckehard

Simplicity is not bad. If you can turn the world upside down with simple means, that's good, not bad.

The word implies some limitations (like "simple minded") but I´m not sure this is true with Vue. Are there any things you can do with React that you cannot do with Vue?

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Programming with Shahan

Great observation! Both frameworks can be used to build small to large SPAs. I can do pretty much the same with them. I don't think there is something I can do in React but can't do in Vue.

So it mainly depends on popularity. I would say the success of React can also be attributed in large part to its creator, Facebook.

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squidbe

React can also be attributed in large part to its creator, Facebook.

This is unfortunately de rigueur in software. Too many people just jump on board because they think the big companies got it all figured out.

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Eckehard

Or as my grandma would have said:

The devil always shits on the biggest pile...

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Programming with Shahan

lmao.. Its 100% true. I believe Facebook lacks privacy, and Meta softwares are getting worse day by day. So, I can't trust React :(