A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TWO WEB PROGRAMMING TECHNOLOGIES: ANGULAR AND REACT

Abstract

The aim of this scientific study is to compare two of the most used Javascript framework and libraries on different metrics(Stability, Learning Curve and Javascript Integration) so the reader of this thesis can decide whether to use Angular or React for his next project.To understand the popularity of the compared frameworks data were taken from credible sources and were processed and analyzed concluding the React was the most popular in comparison between these two.To compare the scalability of data from different credible sources were processed and while both React and Angular are very scalable, Angular comes with scalability build in by the concept of feature models making it easier for scaling.The performance was tested by building a Single Paged Application in both Angular and React. In the metrics compared Angular resulted to be faster than React. The version compared were v13.0.0 for Angular and v17.0.1 for React.The difficulty of learning was compared by studying and analysing the official documentation of both Angular and React and it was concluded that Angular with its Tour of Heroes was the easiest framework to learn.