Vue.js is a progressive JavaScript framework for building user interfaces, known for being genuinely approachable and considerably easier to learn than some other major frameworks like React or Angular. It's steadily gained real traction across the broader web development world.
Why Developers Are Drawn to Vue
- A gentler, more approachable learning curve compared to many alternatives
- Excellent, genuinely clear documentation
- Flexible enough to be adopted incrementally, rather than requiring a complete rewrite
- Strong overall performance for building interactive interfaces
Vue.js and WordPress
While Gutenberg is built on React, Vue.js still shows up in the broader WordPress ecosystem — some developers specifically choose it for building custom headless WordPress frontends, and certain plugins use it internally to power their own admin interfaces.
Vue vs. React vs. Angular
- Vue — generally the easiest of the three to pick up initially
- React — the largest overall ecosystem and community, and the framework Gutenberg itself is built on
- Angular — a more comprehensive, opinionated framework, often favoured for larger enterprise applications