The world of frontend development once again evolved at a rapid pace over the past year, and this article recaps all the important events, news, and trends from 2019.

NPM Downloads for Popular Frontend Frameworks and Libraries in 2019

React once again claims the top library and is still growing, and jQuery is surprisingly holding at #2. Not far behind that Angular and Vue both have a strong user base of passionate developers. Svelte has received a lot of attention this past year, but it is still fighting to gain adoption.