Giving react a try after a decade working with Angular


Hey Reader,

After a little over a decade of working with Angular (ever since the days of Angular 1, now AngularJS) I decided giving react a serious chance, mostly due to what I’ve seen in my current job search, most of the job posts I see for front end developer have some sort of requirement for react.

Yeah, even the “Angular Developer” roles have the line that says “3-4 years with react.js is preferred” 😅

Here is a collection of things I’ve learned about react APIs and how they compare to their Angular alternatives.

What about you? Are you still (happy) using Angular? Or are you giving something else a chance?

Hit reply and let me know 📬

P.S: Speaking about trying new things, I'm trying to move away from Twitter (it'll never be X for me), if you wanna chat I'm trying to spend more time on the blue skies site hehe, you can check me out at https://bsky.app/profile/jorgevergara.co.

Jorge Vergara

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