AngularJS Vs ReactJS – What to choose between two popular frameworks 2022

ANGULAR, the Google framework

You have to differentiate Angular from React by their radically different logic: while Angular offers an official JavaScript framework, React is a library that deals with views.

Angular offers many out of the box solutions and designs. The framework has undergone multiple transformations during its different versions. At present, we’re already at its 14 ^th release (release July 20, 2022). Angular 14 remains a continuity of versions 2 to 13 and differs from the very first version of Angular, which is called AngularJS. Indeed, from Angular2, the development team completely rewrote the framework to adopt a component-oriented approach and use Typescript.

Angular gives the possibility of making components in JavaScript. Its approach is rather modular and therefore allows “bootstrapping” of modules in an application, based on Webpack and above all on the use of observables. Familiarity with observables is therefore quite important for anyone wishing to specialize in Angular development.

To help develop a project more quickly, Angular is particularly appreciated for its very powerful CLI tool, which makes it scalable and allows to generate skeletons of applications, classes, services, and components from its own terminal. Angular remains an excellent solution for programming highly interactive web applications.

Advantages and disadvantages of Angular

ADVANTAGES OF ANGULAR

• A complete framework with an elegant architecture
• Extensive documentation that allows developers to find all the information they need quickly
• A large community, which always allows you to ask questions in the event of a blockage
• Constant and regular improvements (compilation less than 3 seconds for Angular 5)
• Two-way data association, which reflects the effects of each minor data change, eliminates the need for additional view and model data synchronization, and minimizes the risk of errors
• Model MVVM (View- View Model), which allows developers to work separately on the same application section using the same data set
• A DI engine (dependency injection)
• The advantages of TypeScript: static and operational verification of input, very powerful input functions

DISADVANTAGES OF ANGULAR

• Cumbersome language, complexity of syntax
• Specifics of TypeScript, which has a difficult learning curve
• The inability to change frameworks along the way: an application must be developed in Angular from start to finish

REACT, developed by Facebook

React is different from Angular, because the latter is not a framework per se. It is a library developed by Facebook and relying on a very large Open Source community.

React is also component-oriented , but much less packaged than Angular. It leaves more freedom and it is possible to develop in classic JavaScript (classic or ES6 with babel support) or or TypeScript. Developers can use any leader module of their choice, and so React works much more flexible.

To benefit from out-of-the-box solutions, developers can add a few modules to React so that it works like a standard framework. Redux and Flux are the most common and are essential in the ReactJS technical stack.

The main difference between Angular and React is state management. Angular does indeed have a two-way data binding built-in by default, while React is often augmented by Redux to allow one-way data flow and work with immutable data. The two approaches are radically opposed, with no real consensus on what is better between mutable / datalink or immutable / unidirectional.

Advantages and disadvantages of ReactJS

BENEFITS OF REACT

• Much easier to learn than Angular. React requires a good review of its basics in HTML and does not require complex syntax such as learning TypeScript
• Despite this, React is focused on JavaScript by wrapping HTML in JS. Angular is more focused on HTML, which is less robust
• Flexibility and responsiveness (very fast integration for mobile via React Native)
• A real toolbox offering a very wide choice to developers
• 100% Open Source, lots of improvements and regular contributions from the developer community
• Reduction of the number of operations on the DOM (Document Object Model), optimization and acceleration of the update process (very useful for large databases)

DISADVANTAGES OF REACT

• Very little official documentation
• No engine for dependency injection
• Despite the lightness of the syntax, React requires extensive knowledge to integrate the user interface into the MVC framework.

Angular and React therefore each have their advantages and disadvantages and are both highly demanded by employers.

If we have to compare their evolution on the job market, Angular has experienced very strong growth between 2020 and 2022. In the last two years, however, it seems that React is gaining the upper hand and is increasingly sought after by employers.

Have you already developed in Angular AND in React? Your opinion interests us ! Do not hesitate to complete this article by sharing your experience in comments.