React and Vue are popular JavaScript libraries which are used to build thousands of websites today. They both have pros and cons. Which one you have to pick depends on the business needs and use cases.
Both React and Vue have a lot of common things like the component-based architecture, usage of virtual DOM, usage of props, chrome Dev tools for debugging and many more. But, both have some significant differences, which are given below.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN REACT AND VUE
DEFINITION
React is a declarative, efficient, flexible, open-source JavaScript library for building reusable UI components.
Vue is an open-source JavaScript library for building reusable UI and single page applications.
LEARNING CURVE
React is not a complete framework. It makes the learning of the core framework not so easy. It adds some complexity to the learning curve as it differs based on the choices you take with additional functionality.
- Vue on the other hand provides higher customizability, which makes it easier to learn than angular or react. Vue shares some concepts with Angular and React in their functionality. hence, the transition to Vue form angular and react is an easy option. And also the official documentation is well written and covers everything the developer needs to build a Vue app.
PREFERRED LANGUAGE
- React uses JavaScript/JavaScript XML while Vue uses HTML/JavaScript.
PERFORMANCE
- When it comes to performance react is slow as compared to Vue, while Vue is as fast as compared to React.
FLEXIBILITY
- React provides great flexibility to support third-party libraries while Vue provides limited flexibility as compared to React.
CODING STYLE
- React uses JSX for writing JavaScript expression instead of regular JavaScript. JSX is similar to HTML code within the JavaScript extensions. React takes everything as components, and each component has its own life-cycle methods.
- Vue coding style is little similar to Angular. It separates HTML, JS, and CSS as like web developers have been used to the web development scenario for years. But is also allows using JSX if you prefer. Vue's take of the component life cycle more intuitive than React's.
DATA BINDING
- React supports one-way data binding. The one-way data binding refers to a single source of truth. Reacts flows in a single direction, and only the model can change the app's state.
- Vue supports both one-way and two-way data binding. The two-way data binding is a mechanism where UI fields are bound to model dynamically. If the UI components change, model data is also changed accordingly.
TOOLING
- React has great tooling support. It uses third party CLI tool (create-react-app), which helps to create new apps and components in react project. It has excellent support for the major IDE's.
- Vue provides limited tooling support as compared to react. It has a Vue CLI tool, which is similar to the create-react-app tool. It gives supports for major IDE's but not as good as react.
LONG TERM SUPPORT
- React is suitable for long term supports.
- Vue is not suitable for long term support.
The right tool depends on your need. React and Vue are both great tools for building amazing and interactive user interfaces. To know which one is better for your next project, you have to take a number of factors into account like your environment, project needs, specific user cases and the timeframe you're working with.