User experience is a top priority for companies developing websites. All amazing features and functions programmed by you must be accessible to users. Your website should load smoothly, be intuitive to use, and provide a seamless user experience.
This requires the use of a front-end framework that streamlines the development of interactive, user-centric websites. With our experience as a web development company, we have compiled the best front-end frameworks for web application development. You can use these frameworks to create modern, user-driven websites and web applications.
Some of the most successful web apps like Facebook, Netflix, and Instagram use these popular front-end frameworks
1. React
React, also known as ReactJS, is a popular front-end JavaScript library for developing user interfaces and related components. It uses an MVC architecture with different availability of presentation tables and data. One of its differentiators is the virtual DOM and how it handles document access and manipulation. The DOM interacts well with HTML and XML documents, making them behave like tree structures, with each HTML element acting as an object.
React from Facebook is recognized as a great library for front-end tools. Build your components using the JSX coding style, which combines HTML quotes and tag syntax. Break up large components into smaller components that can be managed independently. This feature definitely improves overall developer productivity.
Pros:
Component reusability facilitates collaboration and reuses in other parts of the application.
Consistent and seamless performance can be achieved by using virtual DOM.
The ultimate solution for creating components with React Hooks, as you can create components without classes, making React easier to learn.
Cons:
React dev tools are advanced and very useful.
The large number of constant updates of the framework makes it difficult to produce good documentation, impacting the learning curve for newbies.
When a developer starts using a framework, he finds it difficult to understand the complexity of JSX.
Provides front-end solutions only.
Used by:
Netflix, PayPal, Uber, Groupon, Microsoft, Walmart, Facebook, eBay, LinkedIn, Google, etc.
2. Angular
Angular is the premier front-end framework that dominates the list of web front-end frameworks. It's a framework for building efficient and sophisticated single-page applications. A Typescript-based development platform developed by Google. Angular is a component-based framework for developing scalable web applications, a set of tools, and a well-integrated collection of libraries for developers to create, build, test, and modify code.
Angular allows you to scale your single-page application into an enterprise-grade application based on your needs. Currently used by YouTube and Google Translate. It also has many features that make it one of the most popular frameworks.
Pros:
Has built-in functionality to update customizations made in the model to the view and vice versa.
Reduce the amount of code due to the most important features such as B. Two-way data binding is provided by default.
Components are decoupled from their dependencies by defining them as external elements.
Using dependency injection makes components reusable and easier to maintain.
Large learning and support community.
Cons:
Angular is a completely dynamic solution, so there are many ways to get things done, making the learning curve steeper.
Dynamic apps may not perform well due to their complex structure and size. Angular code optimization and best practices.
Used by:
Forbes, Xbox, Blender, Gmail, Upwork, PayPal, Microsoft Office, Deutsche Bank, Santander, etc.
3. Vue.js
Vue.js is a modern progressive MVVM framework, leveraging incremental adoption wherever possible. One of the best JavaScript libraries, Vue.js has created interactive UI elements that are lightweight and easy to customize. Provides data response elements through a flexible and easy-to-understand API. It's easy to complete a small project and then scale up to a larger one.
Vue.js is small and easy to install and download. The ability to create large and small templates and quickly identify errors saves time and effort. It simplifies connecting existing applications and provides extensive documentation. It also helps developers understand her peer frameworks like Angular.js and React.js. Its MVVM architecture makes it easy to process HTML blocks.
Pros:
Small and fast
Beginner friendly
detailed documentation
simple syntax
Two-way data binding
Has a positive effect on SEO
Cons:
Language barriers and missing plugins.
Relatively new and created by individuals.
Small developer community.
Limited applicability to large projects.
There is no strong business behind it.
Used by:
Netflix, Facebook, Grammarly, Trivago, GitLab, Xiaomi, Adobe, Alibaba, Reuters, Nintendo, etc.
4. Svelte
Svelte is an innovative JavaScript compiler designed for creating powerful user interfaces. Created by Rich Harris in 2017, it is still in the early stages of development.
The difference is that it doesn't use the virtual DOM. Instead, it uses a specialized JavaScript virtual machine designed specifically for creating user interfaces. This makes Svelte up to 10x faster than other platforms like Angular and React framework. Svelte is a good choice if you want a small, fast application developed by a small team of front-end developers, including beginners.
He should not use Svelte for developing large projects, as the framework is not widely used and small communities may not be able to find the help and tools they need.
Pros:
Better reactivity
Faster than any other framework like Angular or React
Latest of all
Scalable framework
Lightweight, simple and uses the existing JavaScript libraries.
Cons:
Small community
Lack of support
Lack of tooling
It is not popular yet
Used by:
Philips BlueHive, Cashfree, Chess, Godaddy, HealthTree, Rakuten, Razorpay.
5. jQuery
jQuery is one of the oldest frameworks available and is still popular among developers. John Resig created jQuery, a small, fast, feature-rich, and one of the best frontend javascript frameworks libraries. It is a cross-platform library intended to make client-side HTML scripting easier.
With an API that works across a wide range of web browsers, jQuery makes tasks like event handling, Ajax, animation, document traversal, and manipulation much easier. With its extensibility and versatility, jQuery has revolutionized the way designers write JavaScript. This is why jQuery is used by over 41 million websites.
Pros:
The DOM is adaptable in terms of adding and removing elements.
The process of sending HTTP requests has been streamlined.
Allows for dynamic content
HTTP requests are streamlined.
Cons:
Working speed is relatively slow.
There are many advanced alternatives to jQuery. The APIs of the document object model are obsolete.
Used by:
Udemy, Twitter, Bank of America, Uber, Twitter and JPMorgan Chase.
6. Ember.js
Ember is another open-source framework to keep an eye on. It could assist you in developing modern user interfaces for internet solutions, mobile and desktop apps, and cross-platform applications.
It adheres to the MVVM pattern. Ember generates a testing program by default for each new entity, which is a useful feature. When you use Ember, you can always rely on the platform's ever-expanding community of brilliant developers to release and improve new features.
Pros:
Server-side rendering
Consistent documentation
Native testing and debugging tools
Widget-based approach to components
Two-way data binding
URL-focused approach
Well-organized community
Supports JavaScript & TypeScript
Cons:
A little rough for beginners
Not ideal for small projects
Heavyweight
Lacks component reuse capabilities
Little or no customization
Used by:
Tinder, Netflix, Apple Music, Chipotle, Blue Apron, Nordstrom, Yahoo!, LinkedIn, PlayStation Now, and Vine.
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Top comments (4)
React and jQuery are libraries, not frameworks,
Despite my love of Vue, it looks like React is now the clear winner in the frameworks battle with Next and T3 making full stack integration much simpler.
Correction, angular does not dominate at all (it hasnt for almost 10 years), if you look at state of JS, its in 2nd place, about to be overtaken by Vue. 2021.stateofjs.com/en-US/libraries...
Adding a vote for good old static HTML with progressive enhancement. Everything doesn't need to be a SPA.
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