Best Frontend Web Frameworks in 2021

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on dev.to

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  • Vue.js

    This is the repo for Vue 2. For Vue 3, go to https://github.com/vuejs/core

    Vue is one of the beginner-friendliest frameworks, coming with well-elaborated documentation and a supportive community. Vue has an extensive choice of tools, such as end-to-end testing tools, plugin installation systems, browser debugging tools, server renderer, state manager, and others.

  • React

    The library for web and native user interfaces.

    React is a frontend open-source JavaScript library used to create interactive UIs (User Interfaces), which helps improve the speed of applications. It is one of the most straightforward frameworks to learn and was developed by Facebook to resolve the code maintainability issues due to constant addition and improvements. Facebook and other individual front-end engineers still maintain it. ‍

  • 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.

  • jQuery

    jQuery JavaScript Library

    jQuery is one of the earliest frontend frameworks. jQuery offers simplicity and ease to use, and minimizes the need to write extensive JavaScript codes. jQuery is used to manipulate CSS and DOM and to optimize the functionality and interactivity of a website. It enables developers to build native mobile applications with its HTML5-based UI system--jQuery Mobile. jQuery is browser-friendly and supports any browser you intend to use.

  • Ember.js

    Ember.js - A JavaScript framework for creating ambitious web applications

    Emberjs is component-based and offers two-way data binding similar to Angular. It is designed to handle the increasing demands of modern-day technologies seamlessly. It is used to develop complex mobile and web applications with Emberjs and expects its efficient architecture to handle concerns.

  • Angular

    Deliver web apps with confidence 🚀

    Angular is a modern TypeScript-based, open-source framework and one of the top-rated software development tools. Angular features Directives allow developers to program special behaviors of the DOM, making it possible to create rich and dynamic HTML content. Angular has a Hierarchical dependency injection function, which makes code components highly testable, reusable, and easier to control: it helps to define code dependencies as external elements decoupling components from their dependencies.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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