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gimyboya

Regarding vue download numbers. The numbers here can't be precisely shown since Vue can be used from a CDN unlike other frameworks like angular or react

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Arek Nawo

This isn't entirely true. React can be used from CDN (even with JSX). Angular can also be configured to work that way, but it's not recommended, unofficial and quite "hacky". On the other hand, Vue seems like the easiest one to be used with CDN, so I see where your point comes from. However, I doubt that many websites use it this way (unless the demo ones). CDNs for such frameworks are rather used to quickly test some functionality, and sometimes in tandem with the NPM.

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gimyboya

My bad I didn't know that react can be used via CDN. However vuejs usage through CDN is actually quite common and many do use it that way. Especially when we know that vue is very friendly with beginners who are not yet comfortable with all the toolings available to them. Vue was designed to be progressive in nature and that also includes its learning curve. Evan you has explained that in a better way