Introduction to JavaScript Frameworks

May 29, 2025

The image shows the Justice League characters edited to represent different JavaScript frameworks and libraries. Each superhero has a logo on their chest: Flash with SolidJS, Aquaman with Qwik, Superman with Angular, Wonder Woman with Vue.js, Batman with React, and Cyborg with Svelte.

Have you ever wondered why it feels like there are so many JavaScript Frameworks? In this video we will look at 5 popular frameworks: React, Angular, Vue, Svelte, and Solid, to better understand why they exist, how they work, and what makes them unique.

Ryan Carniato, developer of the framework SolidJS compares and contrasts several popular frameworks and their approaches.

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