Comprehensive Review of Top JavaScript Frontend Frameworks

One common debate or discussion amongst front-end developers is “Which framework is the best?” Now, that’s a question that doesn’t have a direct answer. The best frontend framework depends on various factors, like the project requirement, the type of application being built, the community and ecosystem, the learning curve, and so on.

In a previous article, we looked at 5 important considerations when choosing a frontend framework. Feel free to visit it to get more in-depth insights on how you can choose a framework for your project.

In a 2024 survey, from Stackoverflow, users this year 2025 want to use React (45%), while many React users want to use Next.js (34%). Meanwhile, most Next.js users indicated the only tool they want to work with next year is Next.js.

First, let’s look at the foundation of these JavaScript frontend frameworks.

Introduction to JavaScript and Libraries

HTML might be the backbone of the web, but let’s face it: JavaScript is the backbone of modern web development. It enables dynamic and interactive experiences.

JavaScript allows developers to build highly interactive web pages. Frameworks and libraries like React, Angular, and Vue.js built with JavaScript have changed how developers create scalable and maintainable codebases.

Pros of JavaScript

1. Large ecosystem: JavaScript has lots of libraries, frameworks, and tools like React, Angular, and Vue.js, that provide solutions for almost any problem.
2. Ubiquity: JavaScript runs natively in all web browsers, powering a large portion of the web.
3. Community support: JavaScript has a strong community, which means extensive learning resources, frequent updates, and third-party tool support.
4. Full-Stack capabilities: Can be used for both frontend development and backend development with Node.js.
5. AI integration: JavaScript is increasingly used in AI and currently powers 100% of AI interfaces. For instance, Google’s Gemini, a generative AI chatbot, is powered by Angular. This highlights the role of JavaScript in building next-gen AI platforms.

Cons of JavaScript

1. Client-side security risks: JavaScript is a client-side language by default, and this opens it up to potential security threats like cross-site scripting (XSS).
2. Performance issues: When handling complex computing tasks, JavaScript may execute more slowly than server-side languages.
3. Inconsistent browser support: While JavaScript is compatible with most browsers, there are some differences in how different browser versions support it.

Now that we’ve gotten familiar with JavaScript, let’s look at the frontend frameworks that are built with JavaScript.

Introduction to Frontend Frameworks

In this article, we’ll focus on reviewing various popular frontend frameworks used by developers to build web-based projects. But first, what do frontend frameworks do? Why are they so important enough to raise arguments from developers?

Frontend frameworks are tools that simplify the process of building dynamic and responsive web applications. They offer pre-built structures and components to help developers focus on delivering effective user experiences.

We’re going to explore some of the top frontend frameworks:

• React
• Angular
• Vue.js
• Remix (Now React router 7)
• Svelte
• Next.js
• Solid
• Astro
• NuxtJS
• Tanstack
• React Router 7

We will cover their common key features, recent trending updates, community support, pros and cons, and the ecosystem as a whole.

Common Features Across Frameworks

Frontend frameworks are built mainly either in JavaScript or Typescript or on top of another framework, just like how Nuxt.js was built on top of Vue.js.

Irrespective of the different use cases, types of applications built with each framework, or personal preferences of developers, there are certain features that are common across these frameworks.

Let’s get into it!

1. Component-Based Architecture

One of the most common features in frontend frameworks is the component-based architecture. The frameworks we’ll be reviewing here all have different ways components can be created.

Creating components involves breaking down the UI into modular, reusable components to streamline development, improve code quality, and foster collaboration within a team.

Take a look at the framework’s component-based systems. They are created in similar ways but have different file extensions.

• jsx or .tsx for Next.js, React, Remix, Solid.js, and TanStack (previously known as React Query).
• .vue for Vue and Nuxt.js, which is built on top of Vue.js
• .svelte for Svelte
• .ts for TypeScript in Angular, and
• .astro for Astro-based applications.

Despite the different file extensions and ways of creating the component templates, they all have the same functionality—to separate code for reusability and maintainability.

2. Server-Side Rendering (SSR) & Client-Side Rendering (CSR)

Many frameworks support both SSR and CSR, allowing developers to choose the best approach based on their project’s needs and use cases.

While CSR provides a more dynamic user experience by reducing server load, it is less effective in terms of initial load times and SEO. On the other hand, SSR can lead to faster initial load times and deliver better SEO.

Soon, we will look at how each of the frontend frameworks handles CSR and SSR.

3. State Management

State management is very important in front-end development. It is the process of storing accessible data across the application for easy use among the different components.

Frameworks often come with built-in or recommended state management solutions like:

• Redux for React
• Vuex for Vue.js
• Pinia for Nuxt.js
• Nano Stores for Astro
• NgRx for Angular, etc.
• TanStack doesn't provide a built-in state management library. However, its libraries, like TanStack Query manages asynchronous state efficiently for JS/TS, Reacr, Vue, Solid, etc.

All these help maintain the application’s data flow.

4. Ecosystem and Tooling

Every framework has tools, libraries, and IDE extensions that are specific to them.

Apart from the recommended state management libraries for each framework, we have other libraries for different purposes, like:

• React-icons, React Router, which are specific to the React framework.
• Remix Auth (authentication), Remix PWA, remix-routes for Remix-based applications
• Solid App Router (for routing), Solid Transition Group (for animations) for Solid.js.
• @astrojs/image (image optimization), astro-icon (icon integration) for Astro.
• Nuxt Auth (Authentication), Nuxt Image (image optimization) for Nuxt.js applications.
• SvelteKit (full-stack framework) and Svelte Routing (for routing) for Svelte applications, and so on.
• TanStack Table for headless table and data grid utilities, TanStack Router for a type-safe and powerful routing solution, and TanStack Virtual, which is a headless UI for virtualizing large lists and grids in the TanStack framework.

We also have some VS code extensions that were built specifically for certain frameworks, like the:

• Svelte Intellisense for Svelte
• ES7+ React/Redux/React-Native snippets and React refactor extensions for React.js
• Volar and Vue Peek for Vue.js
• Angular Schematics for Angular and many more for other frameworks.

These libraries and extensions enhance development and play a significant role in the framework’s adoption and versatility.

How do Frontend Frameworks Handle Client Side Rendering (CSR) and Server Side Rendering (SSR)?

React CSR and SSR

• CSR in React: React is primarily a CSR framework. It renders components on the client side and uses virtual DOM to update the DOM dynamically.
• SSR in React: React supports SSR through libraries like Next.js. React components can be rendered on the server, improving SEO and reducing initial load times.

Next.js CSR and SSR

• CSR in Next.js: Next.js also allows CSR, especially with components that rely on client-only data or after the initial page load, using the use client directive.
• SSR in Next.js: Next.js supports SSR by default. It also supports Static Site Generation (SSG), rendering pages on the server during runtime or build time.

Angular CSR and SSR

• CSR in Angular: Angular is primarily a CSR framework. It runs JavaScript on the client-side after the initial HTML is loaded, dynamically updating the DOM.
• SSR in Angular: Angular supports SSR through Angular Universal. It is a tool that allows you to perform server-side rendering (SSR) for Angular applications, improving performance and SEO.

Svelte CSR and SSR

• CSR in Svelte: In SvelteKit, client-side rendering can be used to compile components, but you can disable it with the csr = false option.
• SSR in Svelte: SvelteKit supports SSR by default, allowing components to be rendered server-side for faster initial page loads and better SEO.

Vue.js CSR and SSR

• CSR in Vue: Vue, by default, renders components on the client side, where it handles DOM updates in the browser dynamically.
• SSR in Vue: Vue renders components into HTML strings on the server and sends them directly to the browser, disabling reactivity for better performance. Vue supports SSR through Nuxt.js, Quasar, and Vite, enabling server-rendered pages for better performance and SEO.

Nuxt.js CSR and SSR

• CSR in Nuxt: Nuxt supports CSR, making use of Vue’s reactive system to manage dynamic updates in the browser. You can enable client-side only rendering with Nuxt in your nuxt.config.ts.
• SSR in Nuxt: By default, Nuxt uses SSR, offering out-of-the-box SSR and SSG capabilities. It can pre-render pages on the server to optimize performance and SEO.

Solid.js CSR and SSR

• CSR in Solid.js: In Solid.js, you can use clientOnly to wrap components to make them render only in the client. You can do this for components that interact directly with the DOM.
• SSR in Solid.js: Solid.js handles server-side rendering by compiling JSX templates to ultra-efficient string appending code through the babel plugin or preset.

Astro CSR and SSR

• Pre-Rendering in Astro: Astro’s default rendering mode is output:'static'. By doing this, all of your page routes’ HTML gets created at build time. To provide a lightweight browser experience, Astro projects are set up to be pre-rendered at build time.
• SSR in Astro: Astro gives you the option to use server-side rendering (SSR), which generates HTML pages on the server and sends them to the client for some or all of your pages and endpoints.

Remix CSR and SSR

• CSR in Remix: You can split client-only code and server-only code in Remix using the .server and .client modules. To optimize browser loading, the client build splits your app into multiple bundles and removes server code from those bundles.
• SSR in Remix: Remix uses a configurable server HTTP handler to enable rendering on the server and handle any other server-side requests for resources. The server build bundles up everything into a single module or multiple modules. When a user requests a page, Remix sends an HTML response generated on the server to ensure quick load times.

TanStack CSR and SSR

TanStack libraries support both CSR and SSR.

• CSR in TanStack: TanStack uses a client-side first developer approach where you can use the TanStack Query library to fetch data on the client.
• SSR in TanStack: Also provides a full-featured server-side rendering system that allows developers to prefetch data and render pages on the server before sending them to the client. A quick way to do this is to pass the raw data in as the initialData option to useQuery. There's also the option to use the Hydration method instead prefetch the queries on the server and passes to the client.

React Router 7 CSR and SSR

React Router supports both rendering strategies.

• CSR in React Router: By default routes are always client-side as users navigates around an app.
• SSR in React Router: For Single-Page Applications, SSR is enabled by default. To disbale it, set the ssr flag to false in react-router.config.ts. React Router 7 supports data loaders that enable data fetching before rendering pages on the server.

Learn more about SSR and CSR.

Recent Trending Features for Each Framework

Frameworks strive to push features that incorporate changes to their frameworks. Some of these features pushed to production are built to improve the framework’s scope and functionalities. Some of the features are requested by a large number of users and community members.

Let’s take a look at some of the current trending features for each framework:

1. Next.js

Next.js is a framework built on top of React. It has become a go-to framework for building full-stack web applications.

Some recent updates that were added to Next.js include:

• Server Actions: Server actions introduced in Next.js version 14 release are asynchronous functions that are executed on the server.
  It enhances server-side functionality, allows developers to handle actions on the server directly, and is especially useful for data fetching and mutation. It can also be used in client components to call async functions executed on the server. Here’s how it can be implemented:

1export const submitForm = async (data: FormData) => {
2  ‘use server’;
3
4  const name = data.get('name') as string;
5  const email = data.get('email') as string;
6
7  console.log('Form submitted:', { name, email });
8
9  return {
10    success: true,
11    message: ‘Form submitted successfully!’,
12  };
13};

• App Router: This lets you structure and manage routing within your Next.js application. It also allows you to use new Next.js features such as shared layouts, nested routing, and new React features like server components, streaming with suspense, and server actions in your Next.js application.

• Partial Pre-rendering: A feature that combines the advantages of both static and dynamic rendering in the same route, built around the React suspense API. It uses a static loading shell to render the page, but it leaves holes for dynamic content, such as a cart to load. You’ll need to add the ppr option in your next.config.mjs file, like this:

1/** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */
2 
3const nextConfig = {
4  experimental: {
5    ppr: ‘incremental’,
6  },
7};
8 
9export default nextConfig;

• Turbopack Build Tool: This is a bundler optimized for JavaScript and TypeScript, built into Next.js for faster development build. It can be used in both the pages and app directories by enabling the --turbo flag in your ‘package.json’ file.

  Code Sample:

1"dev": "next dev --turbo",

• Next/Image Optimization: The Next/Image feature was added as an upgrade to the framework with the version 13 release. This feature offers image optimization for faster load times. The image component requires the following properties: src, width, and height.

  Code Sample:

1import Image from 'next/image';
2
3export default function Home() {
4  return (
5    <div>
6      <Image src="/image.png" alt="car" width={500} height={500} />
7    </div>
8  );
9}

• Next.js 15 comes with other features such as @next/codemod CLI that allows you upgrade to the latest Next.js and React versions, React 19 support for both Pages Router and App Router, improved error debugging and lots more. Check out this blog post from Next.js on Next.js 15 to learn more.

2. React

Next up we have React, which is one of the top popular frontend frameworks. Well, it’s actually a UI library, but it’s often miscategorized as a framework. It’s the most popular UI frontend library, according to this survey trend by StackOverflow.

Some improvements were made to version 18, and earlier this year, version 19 was announced at the React Conf 2024 and released. Now what were these improvements and updates?

Key recent features include:

• Concurrent Features: Some of the new features that were added in version 18 include server-side suspense and transitions to improve app performance and user experience.

The transition feature allows you to prioritize urgent updates (like typing in input or clicking) over non-urgent ones (like updating a list or navigation).

Code Sample:

1import { useTransition } from 'react';
2
3function App() {
4  let [isPending, startTransition] = useTransition();
5  
6  function handleClick() {
7    startTransition(() => {
8      // Fetch request or so...
9    });
10  }
11
12  return (
13    <button onClick={handleClick}>
14      {isPending ? "Loading...": "Click me"}
15    </button>
16  );
17}

• Automatic Batching: We got to see the modified and improved method of batching in React 18 called Automatic Batching. This feature automatically groups multiple state updates within an event handler or asynchronous operations into a single re-render instead of triggering a separate re-render for each update.

  Code Sample:

1const handleClick = () => {
2    setCount(count + 1);
3    setText('Updated');
4};

• Server Components: We were still getting used to the improved features in version 18 when React version 19 was released, and it featured some new additions. In React 19, server components will be integrated directly into React.

  React components are client-side by default. Adding the use server directive at the top of the component makes it a server component. Just like how adding use client in a Next.js component makes it a client component.

  Code Sample:

1'use server';
2
3import fetchData from '../lib/fetchData';
4
5export default async function ServerComponent() {
6  const data = await fetchData();
7
8  return (
9    <div>
10      <h1>Server component sample</h1>
11      <p>{data.message}</p>
12    </div>
13  );
14}

• The most recent update in React is that Create React App is now considered deprecated. The React team recommends using Vite for new projects or opting for frameworks like Next.js, React Router v7, and TanStack for better performance and developer experience.

Other recent updates in React version 19 include the React compiler feature, Actions, Assets Loading, Document Metadata, and some new React Hooks. Here is the document containing the full list of features recently released in React 19.

3. Vue.js

Vue.js 3 is a JavaScript framework for building user interfaces.

• Composition API: The Composition API in Vue.js is a feature introduced in Vue 3 and added in Vue 2.7. It offers a more flexible and reusable way to organize code within components.

  Code Sample:

1<template>
2  <div>
3    <h1>Vue composition API example</h1>
4    <p>Count: {{ count }}</p>
5    <button @click="increment">Increment</button>
6  </div>
7</template>
8
9<script>
10import { ref } from 'vue';
11
12export default {
13  setup() {
14    const count = ref(0);
15
16    const increment = () => {
17      count.value++;
18    };
19
20    return {
21      count,
22      increment
23    };
24  }
25};
26</script>

• Vue Vapor Mode: A compilation method for single-file components that aims to enhance your Vue.js application’s efficiency by compiling your code into a less memory-intensive and more effective JavaScript output.

• TypeScript Support: The latest version of Vue, Vue3, now comes with improved TypeScript integration support to enable developers to build type-safe Vue applications.

4. Svelte

Svelte compiles your components into efficient JavaScript code that directly updates the DOM instead of using a virtual DOM. This makes apps faster and more lightweight.

Recent updates include:

• SvelteKit 2: The new version of SvelteKit, SvelteKit 2, introduces improved server-side rendering, routing, page transitions, and adoption of Svelte 5.

Code Sample:

1export async function load() {
2  return {
3    message: "Hello from the server!"
4  };
5}

• Runes: A new feature in Svelte 5 that helps you achieve and manage reactivity within your Svelte applications using signals.

Code Sample:

1<script>
2	let count = $state(0);
3
4	function increment() {
5		count += 1;
6	}
7</script>
8
9<button on:click={increment}>
10	clicks: {count}
11</button>

Read more about what’s new in Svelte.

5. Remix

Remix is a full-stack JavaScript framework built on top of React-router to enhance user experience for fast and dynamic applications.

Recent trending features in Remix include:

• Remix 3 is now React Router v7: The latest version of Remix is now React Router v7. If you want to use the latest framework features, you should use the React Router docs to get started.
• Remix Vite Plugin: This plugin is now stable with the version 2.7 release. It has been improved to extend Remix’s bundling capabilities and optimize production builds.

Code Sample:

1import {
2  vitePlugin as Remix,
3  cloudflareDevProxyVitePlugin as remixCloudflareDevProxy,
4} from "@remix-run/dev";
5import { defineConfig } from "vite";
6
7export default defineConfig({
8  plugins: [remixCloudflareDevProxy(), remix()],
9});

• Remix SPA mode: This feature allows you to build static sites that do not require a JavaScript server in production but still use some Remix features, e.g., file routing.

Code Sample:

1// vite.config.ts
2import { vitePlugin as remix } from "@remix-run/dev";
3import { defineConfig } from "vite";
4
5export default defineConfig({
6  plugins: [
7    remix({
8      ssr: false,
9    }),
10  ],
11});

• Remix View Transition: Recent support for the view transition API. This allows developers to creat smooth animated transitions between pages.

Code Sample

1function NavImage({ src, alt, id }) {
2  const to = `/images/${idx}`;
3  const vt = unstable_useViewTransitionState(href);
4  return (
5    <Link to={to} unstable_viewTransition>
6      <img
7        src={src}
8        alt={alt}
9        style={{
10          viewTransitionName: vt ? "image-expand":"  ",
11        }}
12      />
13    </Link>
14  );
15}

6. Angular

Angular is a Javascript UI framework best known for or used for building dynamic single-page applications (SPAs). It was written in Typescript.

Recent updates/features in Angular include:

• Signals: Angular’s reactive signals hold variable values and notify you when those values change. This enables you to handle data changes in a more fine-grained manner.

Code Sample:

1import { signal } from '@angular/core';
2
3const count = signal(0);
4count.set(count() + 1);

• NgOptimizedImage Optimizes image loading and delivery in Angular by adding some attributes and lazy loading images by default.

Code Sample:

1<img ngSrc="image.png" alt="code sample" width="400" height="300" priority />

• Non-destructive Hydration: This feature was introduced in version 16 and changes the way Angular apps render content on the server-side. It eliminates the visible UI ‘flicker’ that would occur when hydrating a server-side rendered Angular application by destroying the existing DOM and then rebuilding and reusing it on the client-side.

• Partial Hydration: Here, the page’s JavaScript won’t be loaded when the page is rendered

• Angular’s New Built-in Control Flow Angular added @if and @for directives for better template control flow to let display, repeat, or hide elements conditionally.

Code Sample:

1@if (a > b) {
2  <p>{{a}} is greater than {{b}}</p>
3}

• Deferrable Views: Lets you defer the loading of some dependencies (components, directives, and pipes ) using a defer block within that component template.

Code Sample

1@defer {
2  <large-component />
3} @placeholder (minimum 500ms) {
4  <p>Placeholder content</p>
5}

7. Solid

Solid.js focuses on fine-grained reactivity. Frameworks like React use a virtual DOM, while Solid.js works directly with the real DOM, making Solid.js applications efficient.

• Signals: Signals are lightweight, efficient for tracking state updates, and are the ‘cornerstone of reactivity in Solid’.

Code Sample:

1import { createSignal } from 'solid-js';
2
3function Counter() {
4  const [count, setCount] = createSignal(0);
5
6  return (
7    <div>
8      <button onClick={() => setCount(count() + 1)}>
9      Click
10      </button>
11      <p>{count()} </p>
12    </div>
13  );
14}

• SolidStart: SolidStart is a full-stack framework built on top of Solid.js and uses Vinxi, providing routing, SSR, CSR, SSG, and server-side data loading.

• Solid Meta: Solid Meta helps manage document metadata such as titles, meta tags, and other head elements in a Solid.js application.

Code Sample:

1import { MetaProvider, Title, Link, Meta } from "@solidjs/meta";
2
3const App = () => (
4  <MetaProvider>
5    <div class="Home">
6      <Title>Title of page</Title>
7      <Link rel="canonical" href="http://solidjs.com/" />
8      <Meta name="example" content="sample content" />
9    </div>
10  </MetaProvider>
11);

8. Astro

Astro is a new framework that is designed mainly for building content-heavy websites. It uses Island architecture to reduce JavaScript payloads and improve performance.

• Island Architecture: Optimizes loading by rendering interactive components on the client side. The island architecture builds on partial or selective hydration.

Code Sample:

1---
2import MyComponent from './MyComponent.jsx';
3---
4
5<html>
6  <body>
7    <MyComponent client:load />
8  </body>
9</html>

• View Transitions: This supports smooth transitions between pages or view states using the <ViewTransitions /> routing component.

Code Sample:

1---
2import { ViewTransitions } from ‘astro:transitions’;
3---
4<html lang="en">
5  <head>
6    <title>My Homepage</title>
7    <ViewTransitions />
8  </head>
9  <body>
10    <h1>Welcome to Astro!</h1>
11  </body>
12</html>

• Streaming and Prefetching: Prefetching enables near-instant page navigations for your multi-page application (MPA). Astro leverage speculation rules to pre-render pages for your visitors to interact when they visit the page.

You can enable prefetching with the prefetch config:

1import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config';
2
3export default defineConfig({
4  prefetch: true
5});

• Astro Images: New image handling feature to help you optimize images for your site. You’ll need to import and use Astro’s built-in <Image /> component using astro:assets.

Code Sample:

1---
2import { Image } from ‘astro:assets’;
3import image1 from '../../images/subfolder/image1.png';
4---
5<Image src={image1} alt= "A dog eating a pizza"/>

• Astro DevAudit UI: The DevAudit tool is a user interface tool that automatically detects and identifies site performance, issues, and accessibility issues without requiring you to leave your browser. It audits and monitors performance during development.

You can learn more about Astro in the Getting Started With Astro With Ben Holmes tutorial.

9. NuxtJS

Built on top of Vue.js, NuxtJS enhances SSR capabilities and other features that let you build full-stack applications.

• Pinia: Pinia is now the recommended store plugin for Vue 3.

Code Sample:

1import { defineStore } from 'pinia'
2
3export const useStore = defineStore('main', {
4  state: () => ({ counter: 0 }),
5  actions: {
6    increment() {
7      this.counter++;
8    }
9  }
10});

• Nuxt/fonts: Custom font management and optimization in Nuxt projects with no configuration needed.

Code Sample:

1export default defineNuxtConfig({
2  modules: [
3    '@nuxt/fonts',
4  ]
5})

• Nuxt DevTools: A new feature introduced as a floating panel alongside your Nuxt app to give you insights into your Nuxt App. It also supports community modules, like Vue Test or Tailwind CSS.

• Nuxt/scripts-and-assets: provides you with utilities for optimally loading third-party resources.

• Nuxt/bridge: Lets you easily migrate or move your Nuxt project from Nuxt 2 to Nuxt 3 and implement some of Nuxt 3’s features.

10. TanStack

TanStack Start: A full-stack React framework being powered by TanStack Router, meaning you also get the all the features from TanStack Router.

TanStack Start provides SSR, Streaming to load everything and not wait for slow data to load, handles API routes, etc. Note that the TanStack Start is still in Beta mode.

• TanStack Form is a headless form state management library designed to be type-safe and framework-agnostic. It provides developers with solution for handling form validation, state management, and data synchronization across various UI frameworks, like React, Vue, Angular, Solid, and Lit.

  TanStack Form also integrates smoothly with popular schema validation library, Zod to ensure a standard validation process across different projects.

1import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client'
2import { useForm } from '@tanstack/react-form'
3
4export default function App() {
5  const form = useForm({
6    defaultValues: {
7      firstName: '',
8      lastName: '',
9    },
10    onSubmit: async ({ value }) => {
11      console.log(value)
12    },
13  })
14  
15  return(..)
16}

• TanStack Router is a modern and scalable routing solution designed for React and Solid applications. It offers a fully type-safe approach to routing while integrating some built-in features like data fetching, caching, and search parameter management.

  TanStack Router is 100% type-safe without compromising developer experience. It ensures that applications benefit from static type-checking while maintaining a simple and intuitive API.

1import { createRouter, RouterProvider } from '@tanstack/react-router';
2import { routeTree } from './routeTree.gen'
3
4const router = createRouter({
5  routeTree,
6});
7
8export default function App() {
9  return <RouterProvider router={router} />;
10}

• Another of TanStack's standout features is isomorphic loaders. This features allows data fetching logic to run on both the server and the client to enhance performance and developer experience.

11. React Router 7

React Router 7 is the latest version of the popular routing library for React, designed to improve performance, flexibility, and SSR compatibility. It introduces some new features including:

• v7_skipActionErrorRevalidation: Prevents unnecessary revalidation of loaders when an action (form submission, mutation) fails with a 4xx or 5xx response. Instead of automatically revalidating, you opt into revalidation manually using shouldRevalidate. But it only applies when you're using createBrowserRouter.

1createBrowserRouter(routes, {
2  future: {
3    v7_skipActionErrorRevalidation: true,
4  },
5});

• v7_partialHydration: It enables partial hydration for SSR (Server-Side Rendering) applications and helps SSR frameworks load only the necessary parts of a page instead of reloading the entire route tree (if you're using lazy).

• v7_startTransition: Uses React.useTransition instead of useState for router state updates.

1<BrowserRouter
2  future={{
3    v7_startTransition: true,
4  }}
5/>

For more information about new features within the JavaScript framework ecosystem, watch this YouTube video.

Framework Communities and Ecosystems

These are the companies and communities backing and contributing to the success of these frameworks.

React

• Community: Built, maintained, and backed by Meta (formerly Facebook) and a community of individual developers. React has an active community and a rich ecosystem of libraries and tools. React currently has 227k stars on GitHub, making it the highest number of stars for any frontend framework.
• Companies: Used by Facebook, Instagram, Airbnb, Shopify, Pinterest, Discord, Atlassian, Tesla, Skype, and many others.

Angular

• Community: Supported by Google and has an active community of individuals, developers, and enterprises. Angular currently has 95.7k stars on GitHub.
• Companies: Google, Gmail, Upwork, Nike, PayPal, Microsoft, IBM, Samsung, Adobe, Sony, Quora, Amazon, and many others use Angular.

Vue.js

• Community: Vue is an independent, community-driven project created by Evan You in 2014. It isn’t backed up by big companies the way React, Angular, and some others are. Rather, it’s backed by donations from sponsors and contributions from its open-source community.

  Vue currently has 208k stars on GitHub, making it the second highest-starred frontend framework.

• Companies: Used by Alibaba, Xiaomi, GitLab, Wikimedia Foundation, NASA, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Zoom, and many more.

Remix

• Community: Remix has a growing community, a growing set of plugins, and third-party libraries that integrate well with other tools in the React ecosystem. It’s currently being backed by Fly.io, and recently, OpenAI decided to ditch Next.js in place of Remix. Remix currently has 29.2k stars on GitHub.
• Companies/Websites: Shopify, Docker, NASA, etc.

Svelte

• Community: An open-source, growing community project created by Rich Harris. It is currently being backed by Vercel and currently has 78.2k stars on GitHub.
• Companies: The New York Times, Apple, Yahoo, Brave, Ikea, Square, and Spotify.

Next.js

• Community: An open-source framework created by the Vercel. Next.js has a large and active community of developers. It has a number of 125k stars on GitHub.
• Companies: Used by Vercel, Hulu, WhatsApp, Spotify, Nike, Twitch, TikTok, Notion, Deliveroo, and Uber.

Solid

• Community: Solid is an open-source project that’s being supported by a team of public contributors. It has an active and growing community of developers. Solidjs currently has a number of 32.1k stars on GitHub.
• Companies: OpenText, MEELA, etc.

Astro

• Community: Astro is relatively new but has gained traction among developers focusing on static sites and performance.

  Astro is sponsored by Netlify, Storyblok, Sentry, Google, Ship Shape, and individuals and organizations. It has an active growing community that contributes to the framework.

  Astro has a number of 45.5k stars on GitHub.

• Companies: Used by Nordvpn, Firebase (blog), Appwrite, Thinkmill, etc.

NuxtJS

• Community: Nuxt has a dedicated community of contributors and developer advocates, particularly among Vue.js developers. It is led by an international team and has 54.1k stars on GitHub.
• Companies: Used by GitHub, NASA, OpenAI, GitLab, Google, Upwork, and Fedora.

TanStack

• Community: TanStack is backed by an active open-source community. It's used by developers and organizations looking for efficient data management and routing solutions in React applications.

  The most starred library repository in the TanStack GitHub page is the TanStack Query with 44k stars.

• Companies: Walmart, JobTeaser, etc.

React Router 7

• Community: React Router is widely used by developers and has an active community that regularly update and maintain the framework, with over 12M weekly downloads on npm. It is backed by Remix.run, the same team behind Remix. React Router has a total number of 54k stars on GitHub.
• Companies: JPMorganChase.

Comparison of JavaScript Frontend Frameworks

Here we’re going to compare the frameworks based on some factors including features, performance, communtiy size & ecosystem, and learning curve.

Pros and Cons of Each Framework

React

Angular

Vue.js

Remix

Svelte

Next.js

Solid

Astro

NuxtJS

TanStack

React Router 7

Surveys

According to the most recent StackOverflow developer survey conducted in May 2024, it shows that the top 5 most used frontend frameworks are Reactjs, followed by Next.js, Angular, Vue.js, and Svelte.

Nuxt.js, Astro, Remix, and Solid.js came in the last four places among the frameworks we reviewed in this article.

That’s not to say the high-ranking ones are necessarily the best performing or better of them all. The best framework for your project depends on the use case, project requirement, performance needed, and so on, as discussed previously at the beginning of this article.

AI and the Future of JavaScript in Frontend Development

JavaScript extends beyond traditional web applications to AI interfaces, reshaping how we develop and interact with the web.

The rise of AI models like Google’s Gemini is transforming how we write frontend code. We also have AI-powered features, such as automated code suggestions (GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT) and code completion (Tabnine), that streamline development workflows and improve user experiences.

One other exciting example of AI transforming frontend development is Vercel’s v0, a generative AI tool that generates copy-and-paste friendly React code that developers can use in their projects.

JavaScript is not just powering the web now but it’s also shaping the way we build and interact with digital interfaces through AI innovations.

Conclusion

In this review, we explored the latest features, pros, and cons of JavaScript and the popular frontend frameworks, as well as how AI is transforming front-end development. Each frontend framework offers some unique advantages and caters to different project needs.

Your project requirements, the team’s expertise, and the framework’s ecosystem all play a role in choosing the right framework for your project.

Stay up to date with the latest trends through documentation, release notes, and community forums in order to make informed decisions on frontend frameworks to utilize.