Where did popular JavaScript frameworks go in 2017? Where are they headed in 2018? Here's our yearly look at the world of JavaScript frameworks and libraries.
In our latest whitepaper, The Future of JavaScript: 2018 and Beyond, we take a look at the most popular JavaScript frameworks in the industry. We review them and predict where they are headed.
In this post, we are going to shift our attention to some recent survey data, so we can pontificate about the future and the meaning of all this. In December 2017, the results of the State of JavaScript survey were released. This survey was completed by over 20,000 developers and asked questions about their framework preference, salary, and more. I think I've found an interesting correlation on the recent survey results released:
In the above chart, Backbone.js and Ember.js are pretty much on the dead side, whereas React is RIDICULOUSLY popular. Now, take a look at this chart, telling about salary breakdowns according to framework:
