JavaScript frameworks dominate client work, with Vue leading React and Angular

We're often asked which front-end frameworks we actually see in real client work. Thankfully, the answer is far less dramatic than it used to be. JavaScript frameworks still dominate. Vue shows up most often, followed by React and Angular. There is some Blazor in the mix at the places where .NET dominates, but it remains a minority. The bigger story is not which framework “wins”. It is that the ecosystem has finally stabilized, and there’s no clearly superior option for any given enterprise. Developers like Vue because it is opinionated without being heavy out of the box, combining the strengths of Angular and React (even if the jump from Vue 2 to 3 is quite painful). React gives teams a lot of flexibility, sometimes too much. We routinely see React projects over-architected because the framework allows it. Some teams cannot help themselves. From a talent perspective, framework-specific expertise matters less than it used to. Strong engineers move between frameworks easily. We hire for solid backend fundamentals and people who care about UX. Those skills age much better than deep specialization in any single UI library. Of course, even with our wide-angle view of different industries and enterprises, this is just what we’ve seen at clients. I’d love to hear from anyone who thinks Next.js is the next big thing! #WebDevelopment #FrontendEngineering #SoftwareArchitecture #DeveloperExperience #TechLeadership

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