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Best JavaScript Frameworks for Building Web Dashboards

Published Aug 06, 2021

A web dashboard, as you may expect, has a lot of components. Not only might there be a lot of distinct parts to deal with, but each one could be populated using separate data stores and transportation techniques. For example, the data for one chart might come from a public jsonp service, while the data for another might come from page scraping. Due to cross-domain constraints, a dashboard that integrates data from many servers will be unable to use pure Ajax. As a result, it's possible that server-side technologies will be required.

For the time being, let's concentrate on JavaScript-based frameworks. These are some of them:

-->Angular
-->React
-->Flux
-->Ember
-->Bootstrap
-->D3
-->Browserify

In reality, rather than relying solely on one framework, the best results are generally achieved by combining them (React/Flux, d3, and Browserify) (like Angular).

React is an excellent alternative for front-end problems because it handles all DOM manipulation and is also enjoyable to use.

D3 is particularly good at making interactive charts and maps with smooth transitions. It integrates well with React and can do a wide range of math operations.

You'll also need to change data on the client side to ensure smooth interactions, particularly if you use real-time DOM updates or complicated API calls.

After a few years of working with Angular, I've discovered a few flaws that make me cautious to endorse it. To begin with, once you've mastered the fundamentals, the learning curve becomes substantially steeper. Furthermore, the framework is limited in its flexibility because it requires your projects to follow the MVC architectural structure. In some circumstances, I believe this is overkill. However, if you have a lot of experience with Angular, you can get a lot of nice outcomes with it.

Because both React and D3 include a large number of components, you'll be able to focus on the logic of the data flow instead of learning all of the framework's nuts and bolts. You can't go wrong with Flux for data manipulation.

It was created specifically to work with React. It's simple to use right away and really effective. Its fundamentals are straightforward: you have stores for storing data and listeners for changes. You can also make it much easier by using the fantastic Reflux library!

You might also want to give Browserify a shot. It's incredible. On the client side, you can use all of the Node syntax and most of the npm libs, and it will just compile to the client. The Browserify-test framework does a fantastic job. It only takes a few minutes to put up simple npm tasks, and it lets you to organise your code as you want when prototyping without having to worry about performance.

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