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AngularJS vs PrimeFaces

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Overview

AngularJS
AngularJS
Stacks61.5K
Followers44.5K
Votes5.3K
GitHub Stars59.0K
Forks27.3K
PrimeFaces
PrimeFaces
Stacks111
Followers190
Votes4

AngularJS vs PrimeFaces: What are the differences?

Key Differences between AngularJS and PrimeFaces

AngularJS and PrimeFaces are two popular frameworks used for web development. While both aim to simplify the process of building web applications, they have some key differences that set them apart. Here are six notable differences between AngularJS and PrimeFaces.

  1. Architecture: AngularJS follows the MVC (Model-View-Controller) architectural pattern, where the application is structured into three distinct layers. On the other hand, PrimeFaces primarily follows the component-based architecture, where the application is built by combining various reusable components.

  2. Programming Language: AngularJS is based on JavaScript, which is widely used for web development, while PrimeFaces is based on Java, which is popular for enterprise-level applications.

  3. Dependency Management: AngularJS has built-in support for dependency injection, allowing developers to easily manage dependencies and promote code reusability. PrimeFaces, on the other hand, relies on the Java EE framework for dependency management.

  4. Support for Mobile Development: AngularJS has a more robust support for mobile development, offering features such as touch events and mobile-specific templates. PrimeFaces, on the other hand, is primarily focused on web development and may not have the same level of mobile compatibility.

  5. Community and Ecosystem: AngularJS has a larger and more active community compared to PrimeFaces. This means that developers using AngularJS can benefit from a wider range of resources, tutorials, and plugins readily available. PrimeFaces, however, has a more niche community focused on Java-based web development.

  6. Integration with Backend Technologies: AngularJS can work seamlessly with any backend technology, as it primarily deals with the front-end. PrimeFaces, being Java-based, has better integration and support for Java-based backend technologies such as JavaServer Faces (JSF) and Java EE.

In summary, AngularJS and PrimeFaces differ in terms of their architecture, programming language, dependency management, support for mobile development, community and ecosystem, and integration with backend technologies. These differences make them suitable for different use cases and development scenarios.

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Advice on AngularJS, PrimeFaces

Simon
Simon

Senior Fullstack Developer at QUANTUSflow Software GmbH

Apr 22, 2020

DecidedonVuetifyVuetifyVue.jsVue.jsNuxt.jsNuxt.js

Our whole Vue.js frontend stack (incl. SSR) consists of the following tools:

  • @{Nuxt.js}|tool:7304| consisting of @{Vue CLI}|tool:9559|, @{Vue Router}|tool:6932|, @{vuex}|tool:6705|, @{Webpack}|tool:1682| and @{Sass}|tool:1171| (Bundler for @{HTML5}|tool:2538|, @{CSS 3}|tool:6727|), @{Babel}|tool:2739| (Transpiler for @{JavaScript}|tool:1209|),
  • Vue Styleguidist as our style guide and pool of developed @{Vue.js}|tool:3837| components
  • @{Vuetify}|tool:6163| as Material Component Framework (for fast app development)
  • @{TypeScript}|tool:1612| as programming language
  • @{Apollo}|tool:5508| / @{GraphQL}|tool:3820| (incl. @{GraphiQL}|tool:7879|) for data access layer (https://apollo.vuejs.org/)
  • @{ESLint}|tool:3337|, @{TSLint}|tool:5561| and @{Prettier}|tool:7035| for coding style and code analyzes
  • @{Jest}|tool:830| as testing framework
  • @{Google Fonts}|tool:2652| and @{Font Awesome}|tool:3244| for typography and icon toolkit
  • @{NativeScript-Vue}|tool:9623| for mobile development

The main reason we have chosen Vue.js over React and AngularJS is related to the following artifacts:

  • Empowered HTML. Vue.js has many similar approaches with Angular. This helps to optimize HTML blocks handling with the use of different components.
  • Detailed documentation. Vue.js has very good documentation which can fasten learning curve for developers.
  • Adaptability. It provides a rapid switching period from other frameworks. It has similarities with Angular and React in terms of design and architecture.
  • Awesome integration. Vue.js can be used for both building single-page applications and more difficult web interfaces of apps. Smaller interactive parts can be easily integrated into the existing infrastructure with no negative effect on the entire system.
  • Large scaling. Vue.js can help to develop pretty large reusable templates.
  • Tiny size. Vue.js weights around 20KB keeping its speed and flexibility. It allows reaching much better performance in comparison to other frameworks.
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John Clifford
John Clifford

Software Engineer at CircleYY

Jun 8, 2020

Decided

I used React not just because it is more popular than Angular. But the declarative and composition it gives out of the box is fascinating and React.js is just a very small UI library and you can build anything on top of it.

Composing components is the strongest asset of React for me as it can breakdown your application into smaller pieces which makes it easy to reuse and scale.

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José
José

Head of Engineering & Development at Chiper

Jun 23, 2020

Decided

It is a very versatile library that provides great development speed. Although, with a bad organization, maintaining projects can be a disaster. With a good architecture, this does not happen.

Angular is obviously powerful and robust. I do not rule it out for any future application, in fact with the arrival of micro frontends and cross-functional teams I think it could be useful. However, if I have to build a stack from scratch again, I'm left with react.

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Detailed Comparison

AngularJS
AngularJS
PrimeFaces
PrimeFaces

AngularJS lets you write client-side web applications as if you had a smarter browser. It lets you use good old HTML (or HAML, Jade and friends!) as your template language and lets you extend HTML’s syntax to express your application’s components clearly and succinctly. It automatically synchronizes data from your UI (view) with your JavaScript objects (model) through 2-way data binding.

It is a popular open source framework for JavaServer Faces featuring over 100 components, touch optimized mobilekit, client side validation, theme engine and more.

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Touch optimized; Client side validation
Statistics
GitHub Stars
59.0K
GitHub Stars
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GitHub Forks
27.3K
GitHub Forks
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Stacks
61.5K
Stacks
111
Followers
44.5K
Followers
190
Votes
5.3K
Votes
4
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • 889
    Quick to develop
  • 589
    Great mvc
  • 573
    Powerful
  • 520
    Restful
  • 505
    Backed by google
Cons
  • 12
    Complex
  • 4
    Dependency injection
  • 3
    Event Listener Overload
  • 2
    Learning Curve
  • 2
    Hard to learn
Pros
  • 2
    JEE Integration
  • 1
    Support Contract available
  • 1
    Nice Components
Cons
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    JSF
  • 1
    Some components have to be bought
Integrations
JavaScript
JavaScript
JavaScript
JavaScript
Spring Boot
Spring Boot

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