Web development companies are trying to cope up with latest technology trends, frontend technologies, frameworks and tools that show promising tomorrow. Let’s know about trends in frontend and strike comparison between popular ones.
2. The growth is IT sphere is tremendous and sees no sign of slowing down.
Using latest frontend frameworks and implementing the latest technology
trends in the industry is the key to unlock true potential of online brand
identity. Web app development companies are receiving high demands
from businesses that look forward to establishing unique presence in the
World Wide Web.
While the much popular frameworks of React and Angular enjoy the large
scale support of developer community, some new entries like Vue have
managed to capture the attention with its superior features. Webpack is
still the preferred tool and NPM the desirable system. Advancements in
WebAssembly have opened up its usability and introduction of GraphQL
are revolutionizing the way APIs are written and used in different web
applications.
4. 1. Vue.js
2017 was a remarkable year for Vue.js. In just 2 years of inception, this framework
topped the list of front-end tech tools. Vue.js provides an extremely flexible
working environment for building high-end frontends. This means that developers
can write code with minimal possibility of committing errors.
Evan You, Founder at Vue Technology LLC previously worked with Angular
technology. That was when he came across tedious process for creating UI. This
triggered him to build a frontend solution with minimal entrance threshold and
Vue.js is the end result of his effort.
Vue.js support for declarative rendering, two-way data binding, asynchronous
DOM updates, strict adherence to web component specifications and simple
integration with HTML templates are main reasons for quick adoption of this
technology.
5. 2. React
The release of React 16 in September 2017 was a big surprise for all frontend
developers. This framework is one of its kinds that handle errors in better way,
allows adding fragments, streaming of server-side rendered apps.
What’s new in React is that it is now following RFC process for contributing ideas to
the React team. Any individual can submit RFC proposal that mark changes to
React API. The very first context change was proposed by React team itself, which
is worth reading. The community is now oriented towards developing something
similar to React app that are more complex in nature.
6. Comparison between React and Vue.js
Following graph directly compares React and Vue.js in terms of number of
downloads received per day:
7. 3. Angular
Angular framework is the combination of JavaScript with HTML and CSS. Angular 2
is much popular framework among frontend developers. Though Vue.js has
evolved over 2 years and is being much preferred off lately, the impact and usage
of Angular hasn’t been affected much.
What’s new in React is that it is now following RFC process for contributing ideas to
the React team. Any individual can submit RFC proposal that mark changes to
React API. The very first context change was proposed by React team itself, which
is worth reading. The community is now oriented towards developing something
similar to React app that are more complex in nature.
8. Comparison between Angular, React and
Vue.js
Take a look at following graph that gives year wise distribution of each frontend
framework with respect to Github stars:
10. On a Concluding Note
All 3 New trends in technologies discussed in this blog has their own perks and
see a bright future in 2018. Lastly, the choice of frontend framework depends
upon the project requirement, type of application to be built and last but not
the least, the technology developer is comfortable working with.
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