Framework Showdown

Trending Frameworks (2017)

vue.js

+40k

react

+28k

angular

+12k

preact

+10k

Growth & Popularity (npm)

https://www.npmjs.com/npm/state-of-javascript-frameworks-2017-part-1

Framework Cost

vue.js

react + react-dom

angular

preact

60.1kb minified

21.4kb gzipped

101.9kb minified

32.8kb gzipped

132kb minified

35.9kb gzipped

8.7kb minified

3.5kb gzipped

720ms (3G)

427ms (3G)

69ms (3G)

656ms (3G)

Performance

angular

preact

Hacker News PWA (Bootstrap)

3.2s

react

2.09s

1.5s

vue.js

3.4s

Getting Started

angular

preact

react

vue.js

npx @angular/cli new my-project

npx create-react-app my-project

npx @vue/cli create my-project

npx preact-cli create default my-project

Benchmarks

https://www.stefankrause.net/js-frameworks-benchmark7/table.html

Components

How much logic is encapsulated in a component?
Where is the dividing line between a component vs. a framework or library?
How "dumb" should components be?

Framework Talking Points

What is the ramp up time for UI developers?
What does testing look like for a framework/library?
What are the code editor tools/plugins?
What are the tools to package/bundle frameworks?
What patterns emerge from frameworks that align with us?

Points of Consideration

What does the community look like?
How to route? (PWA or not)
What does styling look like?
What is the potential longevity of a framework?