Software companies in Sri Lanka and across the world are more than familiar with both Angular and React – for a good few reasons. Being based on the popular JavaScript programming language, both Angular (a full-suite development framework) and React (a JavaScript library) offer its resources on an open-source basis, with reusable components that make modifications and scalability conveniently possible for enterprise applications of all sizes.
What’s more, both Angular and React can be used together, to deliver enhanced customisation for applications depending on what a business’s specific requirements are. Nonetheless, both of these popular technology stacks have their pros and cons, and we discuss them in detail in this article.
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As businesses strive to stay relevant across fiercely competitive marketplaces that may already be saturated, keeping up with customer preferences becomes all the more crucial. If not, customers are bound to easily switch from one option to another, owing to a wide variety of brands now available.
To facilitate customer retention and deliver optimal Customer Experience (CX), your enterprise web and mobile applications need to be on par – and what better way to stay in lockstep as a business leader or manager, than with understanding the technology stacks that your software development or software outsourcing team uses?
So, read on to be informed!
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Angular is a fully-fledged development framework that is based on the TypeScript programming language (which is derived from JavaScript). It contains all the tools a developer needs to build native mobile apps as well as web applications, from code libraries to debugging tools. Angular has been built by Google, and continues to also be maintained by them, with updates being rolled out approximately once every six months.
Some of the key capabilities and benefits of Angular include:
Being an all-inclusive development framework and providing an extensive array of capabilities, Angular’s biggest trade-off would be that it has a steep learning curve, and it takes time for developers to get familiarised. As a result, Angular is more suited to experienced developers.
React is a library that is based on JavaScript, used to build web apps, especially Single Page Applications (SPAs). Built and maintained by Facebook, React is the underlying library for numerous popular platforms such as Instagram, WhatsApp and of course, Facebook. Albeit being a library, React is extremely popular, and is considered to be a core component for web app development today.
Some of the key capabilities and benefits of React include:
In spite of its popularity and lightweight nature, it is important to remember that React is still only a library that requires other external development resources, such as debugging tools, in order to complete the development process. 
With both Angular and React being massively popular in the eyes of most developers the world over, determining which one to choose ultimately boils down to what your business truly needs to achieve, as well as any resources you may already have at hand. Also, it is useful to remember that there isn’t a hard-and-fast rule on only choosing Angular or React, and vice versa; both can be used in harmony for application development, should the situation demand it. This means that if your business needs to hire Angular developers across a primarily React-based application development project, your software development/outsourcing team should identify this and let you know.
Conducting a prior assessment is always recommended, as it helps business and software development teams alike determine what is required both from a KPI as well as a resource standpoint. Addressing issues surrounding the following areas is a good starting point, in order to build an assessment brief that can serve as a primary point of reference for all parties:
Through insight that’s gained by discussing the above issues, teams have the clarity required on how to improve their applications, what modifications are needed in their existing application development processes, and which combination of development frameworks/libraries to use, in order to reap optimal outcomes.
In other words, it is always wise to first focus on business problems and objectives when it comes to software and application development; technicalities pertaining to resources, frameworks, libraries and manpower shall all be determined thereafter, based on said problems/objectives.
Angular and React are both technology stacks that are based on JavaScript, offering developers a plethora of capabilities to deliver highly responsive and optimised web and mobile applications. From being open-source and receiving regular updates via its makers (Google for Angular and Facebook for React), developers also have an extensive community of other developers that they can engage with for help and support.
However, it’s worthwhile to note that Angular is more advanced than React, mainly because it’s a full-suite development framework that is based on a programming language which has been derived from JavaScript i.e. TypeScript. Additionally, React is only a JavaScript library, and will require more libraries as well as debugging tools in order to complete development – in spite of being a technology stack that has a comparatively smaller learning curve. When deciding which technology stack (or a combination thereof) is right for your business, your software development team can make a better decision following a detailed assessment.
As for the assessment, it is wise to always approach it from a business perspective first; what problems exist, which objectives need to be achieved, how customers can be satisfied better, and whether any budget or time constraints exist. Concerns surrounding technicalities (such as infrastructure, manpower, software development lifecycles/DevOps workflows and yes, a choice of technology stacks) can be determined thereafter, so all resources are always aligned based on core business needs.
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