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As a backend dev (though I've been slinging jquery for years and do know enough javascript to dislike it), I've finally convinced my boss to let me write a smal

As a backend dev (though I've been slinging jquery for years and do know enough javascript to dislike it), I've finally convinced my boss to let me write a small front-end app that's due in about a month. It seems like most of the various teams are using React, but I've heard Vue is easier to pick up. Since I've only got a month, can someone with experience in both weigh in? If all else fails, I wrote a small AngularJS app about 2 years ago, and will just reuse its base if both React and Vue seem too complex to pick up in a few weeks. The app I need is just a simple crud / tree app to add users to a hierarchy of groups.

crooked-v 8y ago
If other people in the company are using React, use React and reuse the tooling they have. In any case, though, don't use AngularJS. It's really low-performance compared to anything more modern, and the way it depends on dumping stuff into the DOM and then only doing operations on that afterwards leads to all kinds of really annoying edge cases (for example, certain functionality just plain not working inside <table> tags because only certain DOM elements are allowed there).
dchest 8y ago
If you're familiar with AngularJS, Vue would be easier and faster to pick up.
- pteredactyl 8y ago
  I second this. Vue is more declarative to me. Which I appreciate.
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arvinsim 8y ago
Angular today is different from 2 years ago.
jpochtar 8y ago
Vue seems to have a lower learning curve for people with a background in webdev, because it's more relatable to the old school way of doing things. React seems better coming from other areas of programming, especially functional. React is also better considered "infrastructural": every React app needs to piece together a framework (router, "state management", forms, etc), whereas Vue has community enforced norms & standards that can answer those questions for you. Personally I use React. Good luck!

crooked-v 8y ago

If other people in the company are using React, use React and reuse the tooling they have. In any case, though, don't use AngularJS. It's really low-performance compared to anything more modern, and the way it depends on dumping stuff into the DOM and then only doing operations on that afterwards leads to all kinds of really annoying edge cases (for example, certain functionality just plain not working inside <table> tags because only certain DOM elements are allowed there).

dchest 8y ago

If you're familiar with AngularJS, Vue would be easier and faster to pick up.

pteredactyl 8y ago
I second this. Vue is more declarative to me. Which I appreciate.
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arvinsim 8y ago

Angular today is different from 2 years ago.

jpochtar 8y ago

Vue seems to have a lower learning curve for people with a background in webdev, because it's more relatable to the old school way of doing things. React seems better coming from other areas of programming, especially functional. React is also better considered "infrastructural": every React app needs to piece together a framework (router, "state management", forms, etc), whereas Vue has community enforced norms & standards that can answer those questions for you. Personally I use React. Good luck!