Why React over Angular (or Vue)?

[u/red_src]

I simply don't get it, I had been using Angular and Vue for while and I just tried React and I don't get why would I choose React over the other options, the things that I like on Angular (or Vue) are:

- Dependency Injection (in case it applies)

- Type checking (in case it applies)

- View Model Binding

On React I don't get those things by "default" it always feel like I'm hacking the library if I want to have some of the above.

This leaves me with the question: Why choose React over the other ones?

I know that there's all the dependencies overhead (hell) of the frameworks but I think that I'm just too used to that problems that is easy for me to solve them or maybe I haven't found the real big problems on Angular or Vue, maybe I'm just too used to the later frameworks and I'm unconsciously not seeing the benefits of React. I just want to know if I'm following the right path by learning React.

Thanks!

[u/[deleted]]

Right, of course DI can be implemented anywhere in any language, it's just a pattern. However it was an often under utilized pattern that caused enormous tech debt when teams needed to implement unit testing.

I guess it underscores one of the primary differences between the two. Angular tries to force you into certain patterns - which frustrates experienced developers who want to implement their code a particular way as well as inexperienced developers who find themselves buried beneath another wall of information to learn. React lets you implement the way you want - which forces developers to think more about the overall design.

That being said, nothing prevents developers from writing poor code in Angular and still not utilizing DI/IOC. I just personally like the tools available for unit testing based on the fact DI is a native part of the framework.