Recently I started learning React and Angular as I want to change my job currently working with WinForms. God, I don't know why people like React more than Angular... In React I have to install libraries for everything I want to do and installing them is one big error party while Angular being full featured framework with clean structure.
RastaBambi • 4mo ago
Your CTO wants React? You're probably getting React. If (s)he's any good, (s)he knows the pros and cons and might have to make a decision based on other factors other than just the merits of Angular over React (of which there are many). If I was the CTO or architect I'd definitely take the team's wishes and concerns into consideration, so you might just push the needle in the right direction by giving your personal take.
kidfromtheast • 4mo ago
Hi, I took a React and Spring Boot Bootcamp for 4 months 9 to 5 every workday. Currently I work as Angular Developer. I am also hiring Angular Developer.
I would say this, if you want code maintainability, go with Angular.
If you want ease of hiring, since there are more React developers, go with React.
If you want quality developers, go with Angular. I have interviewed on both side of the fence. I have never found React developer which implement software architecture (best the candidates can do is MVC or MVVM, that's all). They just patch it all over the place. Meanwhile, I found that 15% of Angular candidates do implement software architecture.
davecrist • 4mo ago • Edited 4mo ago
Generally, larger projects that have expectations of a long(er) maintenance tail and changing personnel might want to choose angular because angular has a number of technologies built in and tends to encourage ‘the way’ to do things like routing. This comes at the expensive of ‘pain in the ass’ development inertia and a steeper learning curve.
React may be better for smaller project and/or teams that need to get something out quickly and it’s generally lighter platform may be easier and faster to get running at the expense of forcing choices of features that may not be what other developers know or are familiar with.
Edit: I should have clarified in the Angular section something about how the batteries included mentality of angular can result in the kind of consistency that makes working on a larger project easier. The steeper learner curve has to do with leaning Angular vs React but, as other mentioned, it can make it faster for new team members with Angular experience to get up to speed on a specified project with React projects potentially being just the opposite: faster to just get started but more difficult for new team members to grok all the components of your stack even if they have React experience. Totally fair.