5. Use of React for Frontend Development

Date: 2024-12-12

Status

Deprecated

Context

The project requires a modern, responsive, and interactive frontend to provide a smooth user experience. The frontend needs to be maintainable, scalable, and capable of interacting efficiently with a RESTful API.

Decision

React will be used as the frontend framework for the web application.

Consequences

• Positive: React's component-based architecture will help in building reusable UI components, improving code maintainability and reusability.
• Positive: React has a strong ecosystem which can be used if the application grows in complexity.
• Positive: React's virtual DOM provides efficient updates and rendering, which enhances the application's performance.
• Negative: The learning curve for new developers might be steep if they are not familiar with React.