Don't Optimize Your React App, Use Preact Instead

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  • preact-cli

    😺 Your next Preact PWA starts in 30 seconds.

  • For react app I used Create React App and for Preact used preact-cli. Preact also gives an option to convert your existing react app to preact using preact-compat, but I have built an app from scratch to see the best result.

  • preact-compat

    Discontinued ATTENTION: The React compatibility layer for Preact has moved to the main preact repo.

  • For react app I used Create React App and for Preact used preact-cli. Preact also gives an option to convert your existing react app to preact using preact-compat, but I have built an app from scratch to see the best result.

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • Preact

    ⚛️ Fast 3kB React alternative with the same modern API. Components & Virtual DOM.

  • A few months ago, I wrote an article based on optimizing react loading time, and most of the reader's comments were to try Preact to get default optimization. So I decided to try preact with the same app used for the previous article. Let's first get an intro about Preact.

  • create-react-app

    Set up a modern web app by running one command.

  • For react app I used Create React App and for Preact used preact-cli. Preact also gives an option to convert your existing react app to preact using preact-compat, but I have built an app from scratch to see the best result.

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