Angular vs. React Comparison

The Basics

Attribute AngularJS Angular 2 React
Version 1.5.0-rc1 / 1.49 2.0.0 – In Beta 0.14.6
Author Google Google Facebook
Language JavaScript/HTML TypeScript JSX
Size 143k 764k 151k
Github Stars 46.4k 8.4k 34.4k
Github Contributors 1,386 189 604

This table is pretty straight forward, Angular is created by Google and React is created by Facebook.

The Meta Stuff

Attribute AngularJS Angular 2 React
Churn Reduced Reduced High
Tooling Low High High
Code Design JS into HTML JS into HTML JavaScript Centric
JavaScript “Fatigue” Less Less More

The Other Information

Attribute AngularJS Angular 2 React
DOM Regular DOM Regular DOM Virtual DOM
Learning Curve High Medium Low
Packaging Weak Medium Strong
Abstraction Weak Strong Strong
Debugging General Good HTML / Bad JS Good JS/Good HTML Good JS / Bad HTML
Debug Line NO No No Yes
Unclosed Tag Mentioned? No No Yes
Fails When? Runtime Runtime Compile-Time
Binding 2 Way 2 Way Uni-Directional
Templating In HTML In TypeScript Files In JSX Files
Component Model Weak Strong Medium
Building Mobile? Ionic Framework Ionic Framework React Native
MVC Yes Yes View Layer Only
Rendering Client Side Server Side Server Side

After spending a few days researching and reading other articles on these two frameworks, I have found that there is a lot of give and take when it comes to comparing the two. Angular is the better choice for some projects while, for others, React is better. As always you should asses the project that you are working on to find out what best suits your needs. Hopefully these comparison charts can help you with that decision.

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