Lightning Components vs React

Developers should learn Lightning Components when building or customizing applications on the Salesforce platform, as it is the primary UI framework for modern Salesforce development meets pick react when you need the deepest hiring pool and widest library ecosystem for a complex, long-lived spa or a next. Here's our take.

Lightning Components

Nice Pick

Developers should learn Lightning Components when building or customizing applications on the Salesforce platform, as it is the primary UI framework for modern Salesforce development

Pros

• It is essential for creating custom user interfaces in Salesforce Lightning Experience, developing Salesforce apps for AppExchange, and enhancing CRM functionality with tailored dashboards and forms
• Related to: salesforce-platform, apex

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

React

Pick React when you need the deepest hiring pool and widest library ecosystem for a complex, long-lived SPA or a Next

Pros

• js product — that's still where most senior frontend candidates live
• Related to: next-js, typescript

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

Use Lightning Components if: You want it is essential for creating custom user interfaces in salesforce lightning experience, developing salesforce apps for appexchange, and enhancing crm functionality with tailored dashboards and forms and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.

Use React if: You prioritize js product — that's still where most senior frontend candidates live over what Lightning Components offers.

The Bottom Line

Lightning Components wins

Developers should learn Lightning Components when building or customizing applications on the Salesforce platform, as it is the primary UI framework for modern Salesforce development

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