Top 10 JavaScript Frameworks to Learn in 2020
By: Md Kamaruzzaman
Tags: JavaScript, Backend Development, Front End Development, Nodejs

The StackOverflow developer Survey 2019 has ranked React as the second most used framework in Web development:

It was also the most loved front-end framework in 2019:

2. Node.js

Although there were several attempts to use JavaScript in Server-side development, they were not very popular. In 2009, Ryan Dahl created the asynchronous, event-driven Server-Side JavaScript runtime Node.js and brought JavaScript in the uncharted territory of Back-end development. Ryan Dahl has used the popular JavaScript Engine V8 and C++ libraries. Since then, the popularity of both Node.js and JavaScript has skyrocketed. With Node Package Manager NPM and countless numbers of frameworks/libraries, Node.js has surpassed many other established Server-side frameworks. Because of its Asynchronous Event-Driven nature and lightweight, fast runtime, Node.js is especially suited for I/O heavy applications like Web, IoT, Serverless.

Today, Node.js is not a framework rather than an entire Eco-system of Server-Side JavaScript development. With many innovations (like NPM, Module Systems), Node.js is one of the primary driving force to improve JavaScript as a programming language and to increase the popularity of JavaScript.

5 Key Features:

Node.js is an asynchronous, event-Driven JavaScript framework to build scalable network applications.

JavaScript framework to build scalable network applications. Node.js is a cross-platform and took Java’s “write once, run everywhere” to the next level. It runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, and many other platforms.

and took Java’s “write once, run everywhere” to the next level. It runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, and many other platforms. With its relatively smaller size and faster startup, Node.js heavily used in Serverless computing .

. Run by the OpenJS Foundation , Node.js is an open-source framework and not controlled by one tech corporation. Today, almost all tech giants (IBM, Microsoft, Netflix) use and support Node.js.

, Node.js is an open-source framework and not controlled by one tech corporation. Today, almost all tech giants (IBM, Microsoft, Netflix) use and support Node.js. It supports JavaScript natively and all other “Compile to JS” languages like TypeScript, CoffeeScript, Dart. Node.js also supports the next enormous thing of the Web: WebAssembly.

Popularity:

Although Node.js is the third most starred JavaScript project, it has the highest number of contributors in GitHub:

StackOverflow Developer Survey 2019 has put Node.js in the top position in other framework categories:

Also, Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2019 has placed Node.js as the 6th most loved framework:

From the last ten years of Google Trends data, it is evident that Node.js has surpassed and overtaken other popular Server Side frameworks like PHP Laravel, Django, and ASP.NET.

3. Vue.js

In modern days where Web frameworks are backed by Giant Tech companies, Vue.js is an exception. In 2014, an ex-Google Engineer Evan You decided to combine the good parts of AngularJS (View Layer) and the good parts of React (Virtual DOM) and created Vue.js. Today, Vue.js is one of the most popular JavaScript-based Web frameworks. One of the key design goals of Evan You was to lower the barrier into JavaScript-based front-end development. Vue.js is one of the easiest Front-end frameworks where developers can write SPA applications with minor effort.

Developers can use Vue.js as an End-to-End framework with Routing, State management like Angular, or as only a view layer like React. It also offers Angular like two-way data-binding with additional Reactivity and React like rendering using Virtual DOM.

5 Key Features:

Vue.js offers progressive app development and best in the class documentation. If you have a large legacy JavaScript code-base, then you can progressively modernize your code-base with Vue.js.

app development and best in the class documentation. If you have a large legacy JavaScript code-base, then you can progressively modernize your code-base with Vue.js. Vue.js works both as an opinionated end-to-end framework and a View layer with state management .

. It offers reactive two-way data binding (like Angular) and Virtual DOM, Event Sourcing (like React) .

. Vue.js has equal support for JavaScript and TypeScript .

. Vue.js is going through a major overhaul and improvement in the upcoming Vue.js 3.0.

Popularity:

Vue.js is the most starred GitHub project, as shown below:

Vue.js is experiencing high adoption in the industry of late, which is evident from the high number of downloads in NPM and caught up Angular: