React vs. Angular vs. Vue.js [Infographic]

While Angular can be used to build components, it also comes with other tools that can be used to build a complete web application. Thanks to Angular, developers can build single page applications. Unlike Angular, React is a JavaScript library, not a framework. React is used to build reusable UI elements. Vue is a framework similar to Angular. However, it doesn’t come with all of its functionalities making it lightweight. Vue can be used to build complete component driven applications.

Installation

Angular

To install Angular do the following:

git clone https://github.com/angular/quickstart.git quickstart
cd quickstart
npm install
npm start

To install the Angular CLI (Command Line Interface) use the command below:

npm install -g @angular/cli

React

React can be installed using the NPM command below:

npm install react --save

To install the React CLI, you can use the Create-React-App as seen below:

npm install -g create-react-app

Vue

Vue can be installed using the NPM command below:

npm install vue

The Vue CLI can be installed with the command below:

npm install -g @vue/cli

Sample Code

Angular

import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { AppModule } from './app/app.module';
import { environment } from './environments/environment';
if (environment.production) {
enableProdMode();
}
const bootstrapPromise =  platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);
// Logging bootstrap information
bootstrapPromise.then(success => console.log(`Bootstrap success`))
.catch(err => console.error(err));

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React

import * as React from "react";
import { Component } from 'react';
import './App.css';
import * as logo from './logo.svg';
class App extends Component {
           render() {
            return (
            <div className="App">
                        <div className="App-header">
                       <img src={logo} className="App-logo" alt="logo" />
                      <h2>Welcome to React!</h2>
                      </div>
                      <p className="App-intro">
                     To get started, edit
                      <code>src/App.js</code>
                       and save to reload.
                      </p>
          </div>
          );
            }
}

export default App; 

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Vue

new Vue({
el: '#editor',
data: {
input: '# hello'
  },
  computed: {
   compiledMarkdown: function () {
   return marked(this.input, { sanitize: true })
  }
},
  methods: {
  update: _.debounce(function (e) {
    this.input = e.target.value
   }, 300)
 }
})

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Each framework and library has its own pros and cons. So the case is choosing the right software tool for a particular product.

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