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Add to SafariWhen comparing Deku vs zUIx.js, the Slant community recommends Deku for most people. In the question“What are the best React.js alternatives?” Deku is ranked 17th while zUIx.js is ranked 23rd. The most important reason people chose Deku is:
Functional approach.
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Pros
Pro Functional
Functional approach.
Pro Server side rendering
Deku can render it's components and data server side, then it sends those components as HTML to the browser.
This ensures faster initial loading time and SEO friendliness out of the box, since it's indexed as any other static website by search engines.
Pro Easy to learn
Since Deku is very lightweight and has a rather small API, there's not much to learn. It's pretty easy to get started and build something with it.
Pro Can use JSX
Developers using Deku can choose to also use JSX if they want to. This is especially helpful for people who are moving from React to Deku.
Pro Good performance
Deku's diffing algorithm is considerably faster and performs better than most libraries. The dbmonster performance mini-app written in Deku renders roughly 16% faster than other libraries.
Pro Ease of use
Requires only basic HTML/Javascript knowledge.
Pro In-browser bundler
Can pack assets and resources in the browser console with no need for any external tool.
Pro Component-based
Creating a component is just a matter of creating 3 small files (html, css, js).
Can share and load components across websites.
Pro Web Starter Project
If you like Node.js and automatic build system, the zuix-web-starter is a "blank" web project featuring LESS, Markdown, Minify, Eslint checks, automatic bundling, PWA optimizations and much more.
Pro Lazy-loading
Built-in lazy loading feature. Almost transparent.
Pro Templates
With automatic fields mapping (data binding).
Pro jQuery alike helper
Built-in DOM helper. Basically a lite subset of jQuery.
Pro Examples
The zKit site is a collection of example components ready to use as-is or as a base for creating your own components.
Cons
Con No support for legacy browsers
Deku does not support legacy browsers, or relatively old browsers for that matter. They only support the latest versions of the major web browsers.
Con Not a lot of learning resources
Since it's a rather new library and has a small community, there are not many examples where you can learn from out there. There are also few guides and the documentation is not amazing and has some parts that should be covered better.
