Chapter 19
Ten JavaScript Frameworks and Libraries to Learn Next
In This Chapter
Discovering some popular JavaScript frameworks and libraries
Seeing what sites are using what frameworks and libraries
“I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way.”
— Gustav Mahler
You’ve only just begun your JavaScript journey. The universe of tools, frameworks, and libraries built with JavaScript and that will help you write better JavaScript programs is vast and growing at a mind-boggling pace.
In this chapter, we list ten of our favorite JavaScript frameworks and libraries. You don’t need to learn them all, but a familiarity with all of them and proficiency in a couple will help you tremendously in your JavaScript voyage.
Each of these tools has a loyal base of users, fans, and people who contribute to it. Under each tool, we list a few of the most well-known sites that use it.
Angular JS
Angular JS, commonly referred to as Angular, is an open source JavaScript application framework (see Figure 19-1). Often confused with a library because of its lightweight design, Angular ...
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