[collyw]

JQuery or plain Javascript.

I am in the same boat backend dev who needs to do some front end. I now have an app to maintain with an Angular monstrosity on the front end. I can see why everyone dropped it, I am still trying to work out where all the hype came from 5 or 6 years ago.

If you are looking for employment options then React seems to be the way to go.

[starlingforge]

Yep, I haven't heard a lot of great things about Angular and my JQuery itself is a bit rusty so I figured I'd start fresh with something new. React seems more robust than Vue on close inspection, but maybe harder to learn. I hate CSS and HTML is often excessively tedious to me so a UI kits are looking attractive. Has anyone used Sketch plus https://ant.design/ ?