[trb]

React is a view library that doesn't even provide a way to do XHR requests. Angular is a complete framework. They are very much hammer and screwdriver, completely different and incomparable tools.

There seem to be a lot of people thinking front-end is just a mess of different options all doing the same thing. And the same people show little understanding of the complexities and nuances of front-end solutions.

[misthop]

OK, to be explicit: React ecosystem vs Angular. The difference between to two is how to separate the concerns - inside on large package or into an ecosystem.

I work primarily in Django. I could have given the same comparison of Django vs Flask. The pedant would say flask doesn't have an ORM, and would be correct.

Given the context of this article and HN in general I thought the shorthand referring to React generally would be understood.