Chapter 13. Using React for the Client-Side
So far, we have seen how to build web applications and microservices with Angular as the client-side framework. AngularJS was the most popular client-side framework until the new Angular 2 framework was released. Angular 2 caused a major disruption due to its backward incompatible architecture and gave way to more people migrating to React. Hence, the tides have shifted and now React is the most popular and sought-after client-side framework, followed by Angular. JHipster added experimental support for React with version 4.11 and with JHipster Version 5.0; React support will become BETA and ready for mainstream use.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Generating an application with React client-side
- Technical stack and source code
- Generating an entity with React client side