> Polymer 1.0 has been out for 4 months, there are still bugs in the core/iron. I run into a couple of interesting ones every week.
Is that a fair comparison? I mean core/iron aren't actually Polymer....they're elements made *using* Polymer (PolymerElements). Attempting to make this comparison raises additional questions. Do you run into bugs in Polymer *itself* every week? Does React have a similar set of 'official' elements/components that would make the comparison equivalent? Perhaps you're including the core/iron because the equivalent functionality is 'built-in' with React? The overall point is true, of course - React has been 'tested' in the field more than Polymer and should, presumably, have fewer issues. That difference should reduce as we go forwards, perhaps exponentially as more and more people start using it. Max. On Wed, 23 Sep 2015 at 05:28 Aleks Totic <[email protected]> wrote: > My take (disclosure: met Polymer team, and helped them out). I've looked > at React, but never used it in an interesting project. > > Major difference is treatment of DOM: Polymer embraces DOM, React treats > DOM as a compile target. From this, it follows: > - Polymer is easier to work with if you know DOM (developer productivity > is higher) > - React can compile to native apps, Polymer can't. > - Web Components will last as long as browsers. React will not. > > React is more mature (stability, bugs), and has been used publicly for a > couple of years, Polymer 1.0 has been out for 4 months, there are still > bugs in the core/iron. I run into a couple of interesting ones every week. > > I've been helping people wrestling with this for a couple of months. My > take: > > - if you are shipping soon, pick the framework that's easiest to implement > your app in. What are your devs happy with? Which one has the components > you want? Is there a sample app that looks like what you are doing? Both > frameworks will be fast enough. > > - if you are writing a classic web app, something that you'll have to > maintain for a long time, use Polymer. When both React and Polymer are > gone, your migration path to the shiny new web components framework will be > a lot easier with Polymer. > > Aleks > > Follow Polymer on Google+: plus.google.com/107187849809354688692 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Polymer" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/polymer-dev/343d5bbf-0231-4c8d-a452-33b51089170c%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/polymer-dev/343d5bbf-0231-4c8d-a452-33b51089170c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > Follow Polymer on Google+: plus.google.com/107187849809354688692 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Polymer" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/polymer-dev/CAMZCrPgDFRZ8W4BUy91zY0%2BLiiAzSsvCs8MhMbUpJMUSLp8POw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
