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In my company, we are considering a full migration from Vue 3 to React for all our products, both those currently in production and those in development. Beyond the library's popularity, we want to validate with developers who have undergone this transition whether the following technical advantages hold true in practice:
Purity and Predictability: In Vue, proxy-based reactivity allows for direct state mutation, which can sometimes obscure where a change originated. For those who have switched, have you found that React’s strict unidirectional data flow and immutability simplify debugging in applications with hundreds of interconnected states?
Explicit Control vs. Automatic Magic: Vue automatically tracks dependencies, whereas React forces you to be explicit (e.g., useEffect, useMemo). In complex systems, does this explicit control help prevent unexpected side effects or behaviors that would be difficult to trace in Vue?
Logic Composition (Hooks vs. Composables): Although similar, React hooks are more intrinsically tied to the render cycle. Do you consider that this forces a better separation of business logic compared to Vue’s Composables, which can exist more independently outside the component’s context?
TypeScript Integration: Is there a real perception that typing in JSX is more "native" and less prone to errors than typing in Vue templates, especially when dealing with Higher-Order Components (HOCs) or complex architectural patterns?
Our current context: Our codebase is standardized on Vue 3 (Composition API), Pinia, and TypeScript. We follow a Hexagonal Architecture where the core (business logic and API adapters) is decoupled from the application layer. Our migration strategy involves using Microfrontends, gradually replacing Vue modules with React until the transition is complete.
We are looking for technical architectural reasons that justify the migration effort in terms of long-term maintainability and code robustness. Please feel free to share your experiences and the reasons why you would (or would not) recommend this migration.
