In a development world where the user interface game is seemingly run by React.js, Vue.js is the new(er) kid on the block that continues to grow in popularity and just keeps getting better.

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As a progressive framework, Vue can scale between smaller and much larger projects. Developers can start a project with the core library and add on extra pieces as needed. Compared to other libraries and frameworks, it is relatively simple, lightweight, and easy to learn. Vue’s component-driven structure lends itself to reusability, making it fast and efficient.

Vue came after React and Angular, and more or less takes some of the best features of each and puts them together. Like Angular, Vue supports two-way binding between the model data and the user interface allowing for real-time updates that are quick and crisp and similar to React, Vue is able to manipulate specific elements in the DOM without forcing a full re-rendering of the page.

While Vue does not have backing by a major tech giant like Google or Meta, it is open source and has great community support that is ever growing. With Vue’s most recent release of version 3.4 on December 28, 2023, InfoWorld shares that the update “features a faster, rewritten template parser and a refactored reactivity system,” saying that “the result is a parser twice as fast for templates of all sizes.” If all of this is not enough to pique your interest, According to Kofi Group, Vue is currently being used by lots of major companies including Nintendo, BMW, Adobe, Apple. Not even Google is sleeping on Vue. Google used Vue to build their Careers platform in lieu of their own framework, Angular!