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HNG Internship is a fast-paced bootcamp for learning digital skills. It's focused on Intermediate-Advanced learners in which they can gain more digital experience in any of their respective fields, learning to build and solve problems

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Now, let's dive into some Front-end Technologies- What makes each of them better, why you should use one over the other and of course, why they stand out. We're going to be going over two main front-end technologies which are ReactJs and Angular. I'm sure you've heard the buzz on each of them and I can't wait to give you the juiciest details!

What are Front-end Technologies?

Front-end technologies are technologies or tools used to develop interfaces of web pages and applications that users can see and interact with. With these technologies, developers can create designs and interactivity that are seamless, responsive, and user-friendly.

These technologies play a vital role in engaging, encouraging, and driving the users to take a desired action.

What is ReactJS?

React (also known as React.js and ReactJS) is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces for your websites and app front ends. It is developed by Facebook, which has made it open source and 100% free to use in your projects. React is used to add interactivity to your pages and to provide reusable components: you can read and modify the HTML DOM (that’s the hierarchy of HTML elements that make up your web pages) to dynamically change how the page looks and behaves without reloading it, and encapsulate the HTML, JavaScript, and CSS for an entire visual component so that it can be used multiple times without having to repeat any code (keeping it DRY).React can be used to develop single-page applications for websites, and is also used to develop the user interfaces for mobile applications.

Advantages of React

Fast performance: React, not being a full framework, is much smaller than Angular, so it downloads faster and has less performance overhead.
One-way data binding and a simple architecture: One-way data binding means that the user interface only reads data for display (so you have to take purposeful action to run a function to update data), making it more predictable and easier to debug. This is in contrast to Angular, which has two-way data binding, where the view and data model are automatically kept in sync (for example, multiple form inputs bound to the same variable would all update to the same value if one is changed). Which is best depends on your use case and personal preference, but many developers prefer React’s simplicity in this regard.
Integrate React with your existing pages: You can add React to existing projects and start moving your codebase to a component-based architecture without having to start from scratch.
React has a large ecosystem with a wide range of tools, libraries, and community support. The ecosystem includes powerful tools like Redux for state management, React Router for navigation, and numerous other third-party libraries. The community is large and active, with extensive resources available.

What is Angular?

Angular not just a library; it’s a full framework that uses the TypeScriptlanguage.

In addition to letting you interact with the DOM to add interactivity and build using reusable components, it includes everything else you need to build a full application, including client-side routing (so you can navigate between pages of your application using URLs), maintaining an application state (including keeping data in sync across application components), loading data from your backends, and interacting with native features of the browser it is running in.

Advantages of Angular

It includes the kitchen sink: Angular lets you build interactive user interfaces just like React, and also includes the tools to build the rest of your app, including loading data from APIs via HTTP, support for observables so that you can cleanly handle asynchronous tasks, routing to split your app into pages and sections that the user can navigate — everything you need to build a complete application is included in one cohesive framework.
Integrated testing: Angular includes the tools to test your app out of the box, so that you can perform unit and end-to-end testing without having to configure testing libraries yourself.
Start with a clean slate: This might be a little controversial, but having to do things the Angular way does force you to organize your code. This can be really useful, especially if you use Angular in other projects: you’ll always be oriented in your code base and know where to look for things, which can make it much easier to update your code months or years later.

Now that we know the difference between these two front-end technologies, I hope we're able to make the best decisions moving forward in your journey as a front-end Developer. In HNG Internship, we solely make use ReactJS So we are expected to use React in building single-page-applications (SPA), that are dynamic, interactive, and highly responsive.

HNG Internship- Difference Between ReactJS and Angular.