Trends Report

Developer Adoption Of Front-End Frameworks: Angular Leads, But React And Vue Gain

As Front-End Frameworks Mature, A Potential New Leader Emerges

May 8th, 2020
Jeffrey Hammond, null
Jeffrey Hammond
With contributors:
Christopher Mines , Michael Facemire , Abigail Livingston , Christine Turley

Summary

It’s practically a development trope: Don’t like the front-end framework your developers use? Wait six months, and it will change. But developer adoption data over the past three years shows that Angular and React/React.js are developer favorites with staying power. While Angular is more broadly adopted, React and Vue/Vue.js are growing quickly. This report breaks down for application development and delivery (AD&D) pros what front-end frameworks developers adopt and why, and where we see the landscape heading in 2020.

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