I love working with Javascript frontend frameworks interesting because of their versatile nature. Especially when you want to build scalable applications with a rich user interface and still wish to reuse multiple UI components. And perhaps, this is the reason I landed on Reactjs at most times whenever I want to create something really rich in UI. However, Angular is super robust and a confident winner for developers because of the free coding practice it allows.
But code quality is something that we all want, but not everyone can achieve in their coding practices. I love working on Angular and Reactjs. However, I double-check the possibilities of code optimization with respective frameworks before taking it for the project.
The comparison chart below involves several parameters comparing Angular vs Reactjs. I have also mentioned in detail two important aspects, i.e., code quality and learning curve.
Code Quality in Angular
We use some specific tools like AngularCLI to improve our quality of code to bring standards in whatever we develop with Angular. Since we are used to AngularCLI, it has got us amazing integrations across the projects that we delivered. Integrations like Angular Core, Angular material, etc. have made our project deliveries easy and maintained the code quality we had been expecting for.
AngularCLI has reduced the learning curve of Angular and also allowing developers to predict compilation behavior. Due to which it is possible to generate smooth builds and reduce the iterating efforts of developers, which leads to bad code quality in the end.
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Code Quality in Reactjs
Reactjs has got a lot many things that not just increase its code quality but give an identity that is different from all other frameworks. For instance, using the DisplayName string to debug the messages will let you distinguish the components. We also use prop-types to check in the run time whether the prop type is used for the objects.
Maintaining a code quality in Reactjs is easy because of the code review practices it allows by providing Linters. It helps in generating identical coding practices among the developers in an organization since Linters follow a strict set of rules that keep the codebase consistent.
The learning curve in Angular
Angular is vast and dynamic. Developers may find it challenging to cover a lot of topics in Angular at first, but it is worth it to give time at the initial phase to better enjoy developing the applications. It starts from primary elements such as directives, modules, components, services, dependency injections, and more.
The learning curve for Angular is comparatively higher than the Reactjs at the initial phase.
I suggest you pick any of the tech stack based on the requirement of your upcoming projects. Angular is winning the ground when it comes to solving the toughest of the problems in large scale applications.
The learning curve in Reactjs
The most basic and primary things to learn in Reactjs are writing components, managing internal states, and how to use props for configuration. Developers may find it weird to write at the initial stages, but since it doesn’t add any complexity, it’s a favorable tech stack.
Reactjs won’t ask developers to learn and fall into the complexities of learning logical structures (that may be the reason behind increasing Reactjs demand in developers), but learning the basics along with state management and routing library; you are on the right edge to start building the apps.
Conclusion
I found AngularCLI to be a particular and straightforward way to improve our code quality standards. This tool, AngularCLI, implements smooth integration with other tools of Angular such as Angular Material, Angular Mobile toolkit, and more.
The reason, it is most favorable by the developers is its ability to reduce the learning curve and to convert the long production hours into a predictable compilation. It ultimately improves the overall coding practices and establishes a higher level of coding standards.
However, Reactjs gives healthy competition to the dynamic frontend framework by providing significant means of debugging the messages and lets you use different prototypes.
We have published an updated version of this post here, Angularjs vs Reactjs 2020: a Comparative Guide. If you've more suggestions up your sleeve, kindly comment.
Top comments (8)
To be fair, I wouldn't recommend learning AngularJS in 2020. If you want/have to learn that tech, a vast majority of devs would recommend Angular 8.
So Angular VS ReactJS would be more relevant today.
Thanks, Christopher I have updated the draft.👍
Hiran..
Angularjs is dead which is a great thing. It was its own super opinionated framework. It was regressive, a step backwards to the 1980s way of programming.
Autocompletion didn't work and it didn't support the module system.
The best thing about it is that there's going to be years of migration work to get off of it.
The current Angular 9.0 is a great design and major improvement.
Thanks for pointing out John, I have updated the draft.👍
Is this post about Angularjs (angularjs.org/) or Angular (angular.io/)?
These two are different frameworks.
Well, I guess you're talking about Angular (without JS in its name), because AngularJS is old and obsolete. Talking about Angular(especially about the 6,7 and 8 versions whose are the ones I worked with for over a year), I found it really predictable and that's very nice. Someone asks you if it's possible to implement a new feature and how much time it is going to take, you do not take a lot of thinking to have the answer.
Started studying ReactJS last month and found it way smoother in terms of pre-installed packages. Its performance in development stage is way better.But I have to admit, Angular is so much more organizable in my opinion.
You're right Luiz, I have updated the draft with correct terminology.
Well, when it comes to choosing between Angular vs. React, it all depends on your personal preference.
This is because both of these frameworks tackle the same problem but in their own unique way. But in a nutshell, Angular gives you more in-built functionalities, and React has a smoother learning curve which allows you faster development.
Generally, Angular is mostly used to build complex enterprise-grade apps like single-page apps and progressive web apps, while React is used to build UI components in any app with frequently variable data
Apart from this, React is an easy way of getting the job done. Angular, on the other hand, is capable of handling a lot more on its own.