Performance, Modularity and Usability, a Comparison of JavaScript Frameworks
Abstract: JavaScript frameworks have become a rapidly growing and changing industry which led to the process of choosing a suitable framework becoming increasingly difficult. This is what this project address, it takes three of the most popular frameworks and compare them concerning three aspects; performance, modularity and usability to determine the most suitable one for a modern single-page application. The purpose was to be able to give a well-founded recommendation on which framework would be most suited for a given project. To determine which framework is most suitable, three of the most popular frameworks are considered: Angular, React and Vue. These are often referred to as the big three when it comes to JavaScript frameworks and hints at the fact that they are by far the most popular frameworks. By developing and deploying a modern single-page application with a focus on the front-end in each of the frameworks and performing tests in regards to the three aspects performance, modularity and usability test data could be measured and compared. The comparison was performed by evaluating the test results of the three aspects using a method called the analytical hierarchy process. The results show that the most suitable JavaScript framework for developing a frontend heavy single-page application would be React since it performed best in regards to performance and modularity. Vue comes in second with the most notable advantage being performing best when comparing usability since it was the framework considered to be the easiest one to learn. Angular comes in at a third place with the most notable advantage being that it was considered best at DOM-manipulation. All three frameworks are considered suitable to create a single-page application but from the perspective of this project, the most suitable would be React. Further research may be done into additional frameworks to give the study even more width. It would also be interesting to go more into depth in either of the aspects to get a more extensive analyze.
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