Comparing AngularJS with ReactJS
Posted By : Oodles Technologies | 28-Feb-2017
Both AngularJS and ReactJS almost serve the similar purpose while developing a modern web application which is fast, secure and responsive, all at the same time. Both are open-source Javascript libraries, where AngularJS web application framework is maintained by Google whereas ReactJS gets maintained collectively by Facebook, Instagram and a developers’ community. However, AngularJS is much more famous due to its capability of successfully addressing the challenges encountered while building and developing single-page web applications. Notably, AngularJS is also the front-end development framework under the MEANJS Web Development or Mean Stack web application development process.
In modern days, using a number of web application development tools and huge libraries is a common phenomenon among the developers. And which always raises this skull-scratching confusion regarding which one is the best - AngularJS or ReactJS.
Let's talk about the pros and cons of both of them in detail :
Pros |
Cons |
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AngularJS
ReactJS |
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Angular 2 |
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The Other Notable Comparisons in Context of Different Attributes Related to AngularJS and ReactJS
Attribute |
AngularJS |
Angular2 |
ReactJS |
DOM |
Regular DOM |
Regular DOM |
Virtual DOM |
Learning Curve |
High |
Medium |
Low |
Packaging |
Weak |
Medium |
Strong |
Abstraction |
Weak |
Strong |
Strong |
Debugging General |
Good HTML/Bad JS |
Good JS/Good HTML |
Good JS/Bad HTML |
Debug Line No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Unclosed Tag Mentioned ? |
No |
No |
Yes |
Fails When |
RunTime |
Runtime |
Compile-Time |
Binding |
2-way |
2-way |
Uni-directional |
Templating |
In HTML |
In Typescript Files |
In JSX files |
Component Model |
Weak |
Strong |
Medium |
Building Mobile ? |
Ionic framework |
Ionic Framework |
React Native |
MVC |
Yes |
Yes |
View Layer only |
Rendering |
Client side |
Server Side |
Server Side |
Also read : Use of watch in AngularJS
Developers most of the times chose AngularJS over React as it is more convenient to work with. Also, on google trends, AngularJS has got much larger support while comparing the two among the web app developers worldwide. Moreover, Angular also help developers to build UI’s more comfortably and with much more ease when compared with ReactJS. Further, with AngularJS, one can build web apps relatively faster too. However, if you are building an application dealing with complex business logic, I would advise to go for React+Redux.
AngularJS vs React JS will always be a point of long discussion. But I hope that one will be able to choose the most suitable web development framework after going through this blog.
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Oodles Technologies
Vijay is a Blogger and a Web Content Writer. He is passionate about writing be it blogging, articles writing, technical writing etc. He loves reading , watching movies and playing outdoor games.