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Discussion on: React vs Vue: Choosing the Right Frontend Framework

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keyr Syntax

Is it fair to compare A component library (React) versus framework (Vue)? You should have compared Next.js (React framework) versus Vue.

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Alois Sečkár

Vue is no actual framework either. If so, you should compare Next.js and Nuxt

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Rense Bakker

Comparing Nextjs with vue is an even worse example. If you want to compare frameworks, it should be nuxt and Nextjs. Saying React is a component library is factually wrong btw. Maybe what you mean is: React is a library that helps you to build UI components. In that sense its the same as vue really...

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Engineer Robin 🎭

You're absolutely right! Comparing React (a UI library) directly with Vue (a framework) isn't entirely fair since they serve different scopes. A more balanced comparison would be between Next.js (React framework) and Vue (or Nuxt.js, Vue's meta-framework) because both provide routing, SSR (Server-Side Rendering), and other built-in functionalities.

React by itself is just a library for building UI components, whereas Vue is a framework that includes more built-in features like state management (via Vuex or Pinia) and templating. If the discussion is about full-fledged application development, then Next.js vs. Nuxt.js would be a better match.