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> React was popular By any metric, React is by far the most popular framework in 2021. It has even surpassed jQuery. [1][2] [1] https://insights.stackoverflow
by johnnycerberus 5y ago
> React was popular
By any metric, React is by far the most popular framework in 2021. It has even surpassed jQuery. [1][2]
[1] https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#section-most-popular-technologies-web-frameworks https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#section-most-...
[2] https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=react,angular,svelte,jquery https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=react,an...
- Alex3917 5y agoReact isn't a framework. A more appropriate comparison would be Angular vs Next.js: https://www.npmtrends.com/@angular/core-vs-next https://www.npmtrends.com/@angular/core-vs-next But yeah, I wasn't trying to reply that React isn't still popular.
- debaserab2 5y agoI don’t think the distinction between framework and library matters that much. People choose between react or angular (or others).
- Alex3917 5y agoThat sounds reasonable, but the comparison becomes an issue if there are vastly more people using React for small hobby projects that aren't meant to be businesses, or for things that aren't even web apps.
- debaserab2 5y agoWhy would that matter?
- johnnycerberus 5y agoWe are getting into nerdy arguments. React is by far a framework, as every library that you use will be highly influenced by its constructs and rendering engine, be it React Router, Redux, or others from the Hooks ecosystem. Many say it is just a library, but in practice, when trying to bring JS vanilla libraries, there's always that edge case where it conflicts with the virtual DOM.