Discover Three Underrated JavaScript Frameworks You Should Try

When we think of JavaScript frameworks, names like Angular, React, and Vue immediately come to mind.

While those dominate search results, this article highlights three underrated JavaScript frameworks and their features.

1. Svelte

Svelte introduces a novel way of building user interfaces by moving work from the browser to the compile step, unlike traditional frameworks that rely on a virtual DOM.

Its code updates the DOM surgically when the application state changes.

Svelte components are built on top of HTML, requiring only data addition.

<script>
  let name = 'world';
</script>

<h1>Hello {name}!</h1>

2. Ember

Ember, first released in 2011, is a significant JavaScript framework for web applications that follows the MVC (model‑view‑controller) architecture.

<script type="text/x-handlebars">
  <h1>Hello {{App.name}}!</h1>
</script>

<script type="text/javascript">
  App = Ember.Application.create();
  App.name = 'world';
</script>

3. Preact

Preact is a lightweight React alternative, only about 3 kB in size, while offering the same API as React.

import { h, Component, render } from 'https://unpkg.com/preact?module';

const app = h('h1', null, 'Hello World!');
render(app, document.body);