React vs. Vue
| REACT | VUE |
| Declarative, efficient, flexible, open-source JavaScript library. | Open-source JavaScript library. |
| Used for building reusable UI components. | Used for building reusable user interfaces and single-page applications. |
| Created by Jordan Walke, a software engineer at Facebook in 2011. | Created by Evan You, a former employee of Google. |
| Released to the public in May 2013. | Released first in February 2014. |
| It’s not a complete framework. A more advanced framework must be looked at for the use of third-party libraries. | Higher customizability. Makes it easier to learn than Angular or React. The transition to Vue from Angular and React is an easy option. |
| This makes the learning of the core framework not so easy, as it differs based on the choices taken with additional functionality. | The official documentation is well-written and covers everything a developer needs to build a Vue app. |
| Preferred Language: JavaScript/JavaScript XML | Preferred Language: HTML/JavaScript |
| Size = 100 kilobytes (approx.). | Size = 60 kilobytes (approx.). |
| Slow performance in comparison. | Fast performance in comparison. |
| Great flexibility to support third-party libraries. | Limited flexibility as compared to React. |
| Uses JSX for writing JavaScript Expression which is similar to HTML code within the JavaScript expressions. | Separates HTML, JS, and CSS as like web developers have been used to the web development scenario for years. Allows using JSX if preferred. |
| Takes everything as a Component. Each component has its own lifecycle methods. | More intuitive take of the component lifecycle in comparison. |
| Supports one-way data binding. | Supports both one-way and two-way data binding. |
| Great tooling support, uses third-party CLI tool (create-react-app). | Limited tooling support in comparison. Vue CLI tool is similar to the create-react-app tool. |
| Excellent support for the major IDEs. | It supports major IDEs but is not as good in comparison. |
| Current Version: React 16.8.6 released on March 27, 2019 | Current Version: Vue 2.6.10 was released on March 20, 2019. |
| Suitable for long-term support. | Not suitable for long-term support. |
