React 👑, Vue 🗑

React 👑, Vue 🗑

If it's not React, it's garbage.

React is simply the best. I don't even know why the dev community keeps trying to make other frameworks; React will always be king. I can't find a single problem with React. It's definitely not overly reliant on third party packages to be useful and it's certainly not unnecessarily complex. The fact that you need to be an expert in so many different technologies to even get started is actually a huge plus, because it keeps out the n00b5.

Only For Real Developers

React is much harder to learn than other frameworks like Vue, which means only real developers use it. Just look at the documentation! It's full to the brim of different ways to mangle your codebase with both class-based and functional components, hooks, contexts, and more.

Getting started is as easy as choosing one of the 37 "QuickStart" guides available, making sure that it's not outdated, and then learning the entire framework to create a simple application.

Of course with its modular nature, you'll need to have a firm understanding of other software in order to build anything complex. And forget about trying to learn this without any prior knowledge of functional programming – you'll need to be an expert in curried, immutable, and higher-order functions to even make sense of React. But once you've managed to wrap your head around all of that, you'll be well on your way!

Yes, React is difficult to learn for beginners. Most React modules are interrelated, so you'll need to understand how they work together. This is a feature, and it helps keep out the losers.

It Just Works™

React really is the best choice for frontend development. It's easy to use, has a great community and It Just Works™*†. What more could you ask for?

* As long as all dependencies are installed.

† "It Just Works" is a registered trademark of The Church of Meta.

Don't Worry, Meta Is Your Friend

The fact that React is owned by Meta is maybe the biggest benefit of using it. They would never create a half-baked library tailored only to their specific internal needs. Plus, Meta is a company with a proven track record of being totally transparent and trustworthy.

Of course, they can revoke your license to use React if you do anything they deem as competition. But hey, just be grateful they let you use it in the first place.

Your faith in Meta will be rewarded, as React is the only real way to get a job as a 🌈⭐️Full Stack Developer🌈⭐️. Don't worry about the occasional monthly breaking change or nondescript error message. Constant updates keep React fresh, and maybe you shouldn't have coded those bugs in the first place.

The Community is Just Great

If you get really stuck, there's always the React community to help you out. They're a friendly bunch who are always happy to help newcomers. No one is ever gatekeeping and everyone is an expert in React, regardless of their actual JavaScript knowledge! Just don't ask too many questions.

Just Keep Swimming

React has a very bright future ahead of it. There's no way that the JavaScript community will ever tire of churning out new frameworks and libraries every few months, so React will always have something new to offer. And even if the JavaScript community does eventually get tired of React, you can always count on Facebook to keep using it internally until they're forced to switch to something else. What other framework can boast such long-term viability?

You Use Vue? Ew...

If you're using Vue, then I pity you. You clearly don't know what you're doing and you're making a huge mistake. Hopefully, you're not too deep and can still switch to React to save yourself from more headaches and embarrassment.

Vue is just too easy. It's so simple that anyone could learn it and that's just not the React way. We like to keep things complicated because it keeps out the riff-raff. I mean come on, templating, logic, and style inside component files? Get real.

Don't get me started on Svelte or Angular 🤢.

Conclusion

React is the best frontend framework and there's really no contest. It's more complicated, less feature-rich and just plain better than Vue. If you're not using React, start today before you shame your family!