Chapter 8: React for Angular Developers

by Mark Brown

This article is for developers who are familiar with Angular 1.x and would like to learn more about React. We'll look at the different approaches they take to building rich web applications, the overlapping functionality and the gaps that React doesn't attempt to fill. Skip it if you’re not familiar with Angular.

After reading, you'll have an understanding of the problems that React sets out to solve and how you can use the knowledge you have already to get started using React in your own projects.

Frameworks vs Libraries

Angular is a framework, whereas React is a library focused only on the view layer. There are costs and benefits associated with both using frameworks and a collection of ...

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