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Angular vs React vs Vue: A 2017 Comparison
https://medium.com/unicorn-supplies/angular-vs-react-vs-vue-a-2017-comparison-c5c52d620176
The best framework comparison article I've seen. Covers multiple important considerations when choosing a framework, clearly describes the pros, cons, approaches, and tradeoffs of each library, and gives some suggestions for why you might want to choose one framework over the other. Also links to several additional comparison articles at the end. -
Comparing Frontend Approaches
https://medium.com/@peterxjang/comparing-frontend-frameworks-part-1-introduction-6cf3d49e42cf
A series that builds the same notes app with jQuery, Vue, React, and Elm, and compares the pros and cons of the approaches. -
Web Framework Comparisons
https://www.sitepen.com/blog/2017/06/13/if-we-chose-our-javascript-framework-like-we-chose-our-music/
https://www.sitepen.com/blog/2017/11/10/web-frameworks-conclusions/
A 9-part series that compares Angular 2+, React+Redux, Vue, Ember, Dojo 2, and Aurelia. Covers topics like UI development, UX design, foundational technologies, common usage, testing, and soundness. The series is written by a company that works on Dojo, but the comparisons and descriptions are fair. Links go to the first and last articles in the series. -
How I stopped loving Angular
https://codeburst.io/how-i-stopped-loving-angular-c2935f7378c4
An extensive article detailing the author's critiques of Angular 2+, and why they ultimately chose to switch to Vue instead. -
React vs Angular: An In-depth Comparison
https://www.sitepoint.com/react-vs-angular/
A well-written post that not only offers comparisons between React and Angular, but gives suggested approaches for comparing tools and ecosystems in general. -
React vs Angular 2+: Developer Ergonomics
https://medium.com/@stelly_ryan/react-vs-angular-2-developer-ergonomics-b6d5103e8699
Specific opinion-based comparisons on the developer experience for React and Angular in areas like components, testing, and framework-specific syntax, based on writing equivalent example apps using both frameworks. -
Unopinionated comparison of Glimmer and React
https://wyeworks.com/blog/2017/12/20/unopinionated-comparison-of-glimmer-and-react
A well-written comparison of small React and Glimmer components that implement the same functionality. -
Why I'm switching from Angular to React and Redux
https://hackernoon.com/why-im-switching-from-angular-to-react-and-redux-in-2018-cb48be00fda7
One person's opinions on why they decided to work with React and Redux instead of Angular, including flexibility of libraries over the "one way" of a framework, simpler state management with Redux vs services and injected event emitters, and more.
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Relieving Backbone Pain with Flux & React
https://product.hubspot.com/blog/moving-backbone-to-flux-react
A fantastic video that walks through common problems with using Backbone, and how React can help solve those -
Avoiding Event Chains in Single-Page Applications
https://www.code-experience.com/avoiding-event-chains-in-single-page-applications/
Describes potential problems with Backbone-style events triggering further events, etc -
From Backbone to React: Experience Scaling an App
https://www.techsonian.net/2014/09/from-backbone-to-react-our-experience-scaling-a-web-application/
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From Backbone to React (comments)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8329837
Discussion on the previous article
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How to migrate an application from AngularJS to React and Redux
https://hackernoon.com/how-to-migrate-an-application-from-angularjs-to-react-and-redux-de0e2d1f70aa
Recaps several useful techniques to use when migrating an Angular 1.x app to React and Redux, including moving the build to use Webpack, rendering React components inside of Angular directives, sharing dependencies, and integrating Redux into the application. -
Octopus Deploy 4.0 - Why we chose React over Angular when rewriting the Octopus 4.0 UI
https://octopus.com/blog/octopus-v4-angular-to-react
Thoughts on how their original Angular 1 app had become unmaintainable, why they picked React, use of TypeScript, and how they approached architecting the React version. -
AngularJS migration to React/Redux
https://hashnode.com/post/angularjs-migration-to-reactredux-cj7t0m67x012ehowugcvjn1xj
Examples of how to approach migrating an Angular 1 app by first switching some components to use React, then adding state management to use Redux. -
Migrating complex Javascript applications
https://www.jackfranklin.co.uk/blog/migrating-complex-javascript-angular-react/ Jack Franklin describes the lessons learned when his team migrated from Angular to React, including why they migrated, how they approached the architecture changes, how they prioritized what to change, and more. Includes some examples of the Angular->React change, but also good advice in general. -
A Chip off the Monolith
https://medium.com/onfido-tech/a-chip-off-the-monolith-ec71e06a3015
The Onfido team describes how they extracted a portion of their monolithic Rails+Ember app into a separate React+Redux app. -
7 Tips for migration from Backbone to React & Redux
https://medium.com/@denisraslov/7-tips-for-migration-from-backbone-to-react-redux-a006a927c39e
Excellent practical advice for adding React and Redux into a Backbone app, including rendering React components inside Backbone views, syncing Backbone and Redux, and planning the migration timing. -
Transitioning Your Marionette App to React
https://medium.com/@michaelsholty/transitioning-your-marionette-app-to-react-4b94ddefafd1
Examples of interop between React components and Marionette views