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Delphi (Win32) to web - Pros and cons of each of the big JS frameworks?

Hello everyone,,,
A couple of months ago I ported an old Delphi application to the web. It was the standard, classic, Windows desktop application, with windows to enter data, datatables, reports and so. It works, but I think that it's a bit clunky, as it's all server side renderer with Symfony 4 (PHP).
https://speedtest.vet/ https://vidmate.bid/
As an enhancement, I wanna port the frontend of this application to Javascript. I'm an experienced developer (more than 20 years programming), but I'm a novice with modern Javascript (I'm sorry, currently I only use jQuery... :P).

I've been doing some Angular and React tutorials, but these tutorials are very simple and easy, so I still don't know which of these frameworks is the more recommended for the kind of application I want to write. Can you help me to choose which framework to use?

Thank you! :)

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moth • Edited

If you're a novice, I think React is probably the best choice for a modern framework. Angular has a high bar of entry (but can be really awesome once you're all set up.) You can be up an running with React very quickly using the create react app tool.

You may see Vue mentioned as well. I think that's a good choice as well, but React is my personal preference.

reactjs.org/docs/create-a-new-reac...
cli.vuejs.org/guide/creating-a-pro...