2016 was a good year

Github : 3rd most starred among all projects in 2016

VueJS / React

• Utilize a virtual DOM,
• Provide composable view components,
• Routing and global state handled by external libs,
• Offer functional components, which are stateless and instanceless.

Similarities

VueJS / React

• Vue doesn't need shouldComponentUpdate (components dependencies are automatically tracked during its render),
• Vue uses <template> and React uses JSX.

Differences

<template>
  <div class="list-container">
    <ul v-if="items.length">
      <li v-for="item in items">
        {{ item.name }}
      </li>
    </ul>
    <p v-else>No items found.</p>
  </div>
</template>