Top 5 Javascript libraries & Frameworks to try out in 2021.

4 min readDec 18, 2020

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When we talk about Web development the first thing that comes to our mind is Javascript. It won’t be wrong to call it the ‘King of web development’.

One of the reasons for the popularity of Javascript is the availability of a large number of libraries and frameworks. There are libraries in javascript for almost anything, you name it, it has it. But with so many libraries & frameworks to choose from it becomes difficult to keep a track of each one and how it might be tailored specifically to your needs.

In this article, we will discuss 5 of the most famous javascript libraries that you should try out in 2021.

1. Vue.js

Vue.js is a javascript framework for building user interfaces. It’s very easy to get started with (thanks to an official scaffolding tool -Vue-CLI), yet under-the-hood lies a very powerful framework. The USP of Vue.js is its adaptability, integration into projects that use other JavaScript libraries is very easy with Vue because it is designed to be incrementally adoptable.

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2. React.js

React is easy to understand and use the JS library to build user interfaces for web applications. Over the last few years, React has gained widespread acceptance as a top front-end framework for web applications.

In React, everything is a component of the web page divided into small components to create a view(or UIs). Every part of the application visuals would be wrapped inside a self-contained module known as a component. Components in ReactJS use to define the visuals and interactions in applications. React uses one-way data binding with an application architecture called Flux controls. React is easy to learn, as it mostly combines basic HTML and JavaScript concepts with some beneficial additions. Still, as is the case with other tools and frameworks, you have to spend some time to get a proper understanding of React’s library.

Here’s the official link: click here

3. Angular

Angular is one of the oldest and mature JavaScript frameworks available today. Google released its first version as AngularJS back in 2010. Angular aims to create progressive web apps by offering dependency injection that helps in data service assembly for applications while an HTML template that’s used for composing templates. Angular is a TypeScript based framework, so the learning curve is steep.

Angular provides you with the ability to control both UI components and behaviors. Angular treats each DOM element as a component.

Here’s the official link: click here

4. Ember.js

Ember.js is a modern-day JavaScript framework that encourages you to create ambitious web applications.

Ember includes Glimmer, a fast DOM rendering engine. This gives you the ability to render DOM elements from a template. Ember has a separate data layer, routing, and an inbuilt testing environment. It can be installed via NPM.

Here’s the official link: click here

5. D3.js

D3.js (Data-Driven Documents) is a JavaScript library to visualize data by manipulating HTML DOM elements. It has grown to become the most powerful JavaScript visualization library.

This library allows you to gather data from various data formats and data sources. D3 then uses <div> elements to create a basic graph or use the SVG element to bring in complexity.D3 code is easy to debug as it uses the browser’s built-in inspector to show the path. Since D3 applies a declarative approach, it saves a developer many lines of code.