Ian Allen – a developer on the Internal Tools team at Stack Overflow – wrote this piece on JavaScript UI frameworks and libraries and how work in cycles. Every six months or so, a new one pops up, claiming that it has revolutionized UI development. This articles draws some interesting conclusions. You may or may not agree with it.
But let’s be honest, the size of a developer community certainly counts; it contributes to a thriving open source environment, and makes it easier to find help on Stack Overflow. Good read.
Using the Stack Overflow Trends tool and some of their internal traffic data, author decided to take a look at some of the more prominent UI frameworks:
- Angular
- React
- Vue.js
- Backbone
- Knockout and Ember
Plenty of charts and supporting information are present in the article. One of the conclusions? Choice of programming technologies differ greatly by geography. The choice of JavaScript framework also varies by industry.
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