Jens Oliver Meiert

JS Frameworks, in Their Own Words (by Word Cloud)

Published on Oct 11, 2024, filed under , , . (Share this post, e.g. on Mastodon or on Bluesky.)

Have you ever wondered how the main JavaScript frameworks see themselves? No? Me, neither. But reading Better Data Visualizations and finding Jonathan Schwabish cover word clouds I felt like fooling around, to check on what language some of the popular frameworks are using for themselves.

For this purpose, I went to the respective frameworks’ homepages, copied the main content, did the same for all main overview pages (usually those pages linked from the top navigation), and processed all the content using FreeWordCloudGenerator.com (with whom I’m not affiliated, and whose default settings—including weak contrast—applied).

Here are the results, accompanied by the briefest commentary. (I had no more time to spend on this 🙃)

React

React word cloud, prominently including “react,” “components,” “function.”
Push mybutton.

Vue.js

Vue.js word cloud, prominently including “vue,” “api,” “app.”
Vue above everything.

Angular

Angular word cloud, prominently including “angular,” “version,” “star.”
Actually, Angular’s word cloud seems pretty mature!

Svelte

Svelte word cloud, prominently including “svelte,” “new,” “sveltekit.”
Svelte is new.

Express

Express word cloud, prominently including “res,” “app,” “req.”
A bit nerdy.

Meteor

Meteor word cloud, prominently including “meteor,” “https,” “github.”
https com github homepage.

Next.js

Next.js word cloud, prominently including “next,” “js,” “read.”
Next and JS.

_ But that’s not it—I’ve done the same for HTML/CSS frameworks


About Me

Jens Oliver Meiert, on November 9, 2024.

I’m Jens (long: Jens Oliver Meiert), and I’m a senior engineering lead, guerrilla philosopher, and indie publisher. I’ve worked as a technical lead and engineering manager for companies you use every day and companies you’ve never heard of, I’m an occasional contributor to web standards (like HTML, CSS, WCAG), and I write and review books for O’Reilly and Frontend Dogma.

I love trying things, not only in web development and engineering management, but also in philosophy. Here on meiert.com I share some of my experiences and perspectives. (I value you being critical, interpreting charitably, and giving feedback.)