React and Angular: Exploring In-Demand Frameworks
When looking to train for a new career or upgrade an existing skillset, it’s good to be selective in how you invest your time and resources. In the case of frontend software development, React and Angular are popular frameworks (or tools that help developers build websites, applications, and systems). Both are strong contenders for a spot on your resume.
In this post, we’ll examine each framework, discussing how they’re utilized, what’s best for beginners, and why we chose to introduce React in our coding bootcamps in early 2025.
The Benefits of Learning React
Developed by Facebook in 2013, React is an open-source, JavaScript-based library that’s highly dependable and customizable, making it the go-to framework for many software engineering teams.
According to the 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey, 44.7% of all respondents reported using React for “extensive development work” within the past year. For those classified as “learning to code, 43.5% are using React.
This level of popularity is one of the main reasons we switched to teaching React in our coding bootcamps at the beginning of 2025. At the time, we asked our Principal Engineer, Zubair Desai, why we made the switch, and he said:
“We’re always looking for ways to make our graduates even more hireable, and constantly iterating and adjusting to improve outcomes. When looking at our data from hiring managers and engineering teams, we see that they’re looking for people to come in with some React knowledge, even more so than in the past. A while ago, maybe a team that was working with React just looked for candidates with general JavaScript skills. Now, they’ve gotten more specific about what they want, and that’s because so many places are now entrenched with React.”
React affords developers a lot of flexibility, like working on large web applications with customizable tools and structures. It’s useful to learn React in a coding bootcamp environment because of this flexibility, where students can get real-time guidance from instructors to understand how to use React for all types of projects.
The Benefits of Learning Angular
Initially developed in 2010 and rewritten in 2016 by Google, Angular is a TypeScript framework that focuses on single-page applications. Angular is popular with enterprises and corporations in sectors like healthcare, finance, and government. If you’re using Angular on the job, you can expect to work on long-term projects with a focus on updates and refining existing features rather than implementing new ones. Established enterprises are attracted to Angular as a framework thanks to its strong architectural base. It’s robust and easy to maintain, allowing for consistency of products across teams and departments.
According the the Stack Overflow survey, 18.2% of respondents reported using Angular in the past year, while just 9.5% of those “learning to code” used it within the same time frame.
No matter which framework you learn first, you’re setting yourself up for career success.
Which framework you prioritize learning first will depend on where you are in your learning journey or career. As with coding languages, once you learn one framework, it’s easier to learn others based on future roles and companies.
That’s a huge aspect of being a software developer – you’re going to be learning new things, skills, and tech all the time. Beyond frameworks, employers generally look for candidates with a solid foundation in technical and AI skills, as well as those who demonstrate the ability to grow, collaborate, problem-solve, and communicate effectively.
In our programs, we’ll cover all of that and more. Learn about our part-time and full-time coding bootcamps to start digging into React. It’s time to take your career to the next level!