 Link | Angular5 | React JS |
|---|---|---|
| Use for | Angular 5 is used for building client applications in HTML and TypeScript. | React JS helps you create interactive UIs. |
| Syntax simplicity | Angular 5 syntax is complex. It appears difficult for the beginners. | React JS syntax code is easy to write and understand |
| Binding data Supports | Angular 5 supports two-way binding of data. | It supports only one-way data binding. |
| Supports | It supports MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) template. | React JS is based on the View only. |
| Focus on | Angular 5 focuses on one-to-one correspondences in relations. | React JS instead focuses on the data transferring mechanism. |
| Flexibility | Due to its complex syntax, it is rigid in nature. | React JS is highly flexible and scalable |
| Written in | Angular 5 is written using HTML and Typescript. | UI components are created using Javascript. |
| Language understandability | Angular is harder to learn and understand as typescript is harder than JSX. | React JS is much simpler to learn and execute than any version of the Angular programming. |
| Development process | Being an open source framework it is easy to develop. | Since React JS is not a framework it requires a third party library tools for its development process. |