What is the difference between Bootstrap and React?
Overview
A front-end developer creates responsive websites with attractive UI and a back-end side, which a back-end developer will later develop. This can be done with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
HTML is for markup, while CSS and JavaScript are for design and interaction. Both CSS and JavaScript have libraries and frameworks that make work easier and make the website more responsive.
Bootstrap is a CSS framework, while React is a JavaScript library.
Let’s explain the difference between Bootstrap and React.
Definition
It’s important to define some terms to understand the difference between React and Bootstrap.
Software library
A software library is a collection of implementations of behavior with a well-defined interface. This interface invokes the behavior. This collection of functions is useful when writing web apps. Your code is in charge, and it calls the library when it sees fit. React is an example of a library.
Software framework
A software framework is an abstraction in which the software provides generic functionality. This functionality can be selectively changed by additional user-written code. It is a particular web app implementation where your code fills in the details. The framework is in charge, and it calls our code when it needs something specific.
Bootstrap
Bootstrap is the most widely used CSS framework to create mobile-first, responsive design. Bootstrap is used on the client-side in web development to improve web development. Bootstrap comes with classes that can be easily implemented to make a responsive website. It can be used with pure CSS and CSS predecessors jointly to create a more responsive and attractive client-side of a website.
React
React was built with Facebook in 2013. It is a JavaScript library and was built primarily to enhance client-side development. React is the most widely used library to create SPAs (single-page applications). It is used to improve UI and enhances the client-side experience greatly.
The difference between Bootstrap and React
It is easy to confuse Bootstrap with React. This is mainly because they both function to improve a website’s UI and client-side experience.
Here are the differences between Bootstrap and React.
| Bootstrap | React |
|---|---|
| Bootstrap is a CSS framework that improves responsiveness. | React is a JavaScript library and is used to improve UI. |
| Bootstrap is based on the CSS grid system, the CSS flexbox, to improve responsiveness. | React is based on pure vanillaJS to improve the UI and client-side experience. |
| Bootstrap was developed by two individuals: Mark Otto and Jacob Thornton. | React was developed by the Facebook community. |
| Bootstrap deals with columns (col) and rows in relation to the screen width. | React deals only with state and components. |
| Bootstrap was launched in 2011. | React was made in 2013. |
| Bootstrap was created with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. | React was created only with JavaScript. |
| Bootstrap is mainly used to create mobile-first web applications. | React is used to create SPAs. |
