Vue vs React

Just one of the advantages of Vue over React

Front-end developers often find themselves in the position of choosing technologies for their projects. If you're making this decision, consider Vue's advantages over React.

One-way binding vs Two-way binding

While React is often labeled as employing one-way binding and Vue as using two-way binding, this oversimplification doesn't fully capture the distinction. Vue offers shorthand for common patterns like passing props and handling events, which React lacks.

Vue's v-model

Vue's v-model provides shorthand for data binding, simplifying code compared to React's approach of manually handling input events.

Example of Data Flow in Vue Components

Consider a scenario where a child component updates data consumed by both its parent and grandchild. In fact, all levels of this form consumed and updated the state with just a simple v-model.

// FilterPanel.vue
<template>
    <FilterAuthor v-model:selected-author-email="selectedAuthorEmail" class="mb-2"/>
    <button @click="clearFilters">Clear Filters</button>
</template>

<script setup>
  const selectedAuthorEmail = defineModel('selectedAuthorEmail')

  function clearFilters() {
    selectedAuthorEmail.value = ''
  }
</script>

In this example, 'FilterPanel.vue' serves as the child of 'Recipes.vue' and the parent of 'FilterAuthor.vue'. It efficiently manages data flow between its parent and grandchild components without the added bloat of handler functions.

Comparing React

In React, achieving similar functionality would require more code, with explicit event handling and state management at each level of the component hierarchy.

Conclusion

While both Vue and React have their merits, Vue's simplicity and built-in features like v-model make it an appealing choice for new projects or when refactoring existing ones.

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