React vs Preact for Components

[tanishqmanuja]

React:

Preact:

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[satnaing]

How about the UX, is that noticeable?
And what about the bundled size?

I've heard of Preact for some time, but haven't tried it yet TBH.

[tanishqmanuja]

Yeah bundle size is less, same can be seen if you sum all the js files in the network tab. At a glance you will notice that in the case of react, the client bundle is 45kb!

[tanishqmanuja]

As for the actual user experience you cant tell if the site is using react or preact, unless you open dev tools. But preact loads faster :)