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Laravel The Full Stack Framework + Laravel The API Backend

As per the documentation there are two ways of developing a laravel app and i have decided to build a single app using a mix of both (Full Stack + API)

I decided to use the Full Stack approach because i am a bit more comfortable with the technologies it uses (Not familiar with Nuxt.js etc...)

Then I also need laravel to act as an API Backend to use some of the native mobile features.

Though i thought of mixing both approaches(Full Stack + API Backend), I am in doubt whether to use only one approach which is the Laravel as API Backend approach.

How should i decide this ?

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Saying Full Stack doesn't mean anything in this context. What is the frontend stack you are looking at?

Vue? Flutter? Electron? Html?

They all have different use cases

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@devingray_

I need to use Livewire for Frontend

and Flutter for mobile app development

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Then you will build a Laravel Application (This is the only way to use Livewire) and you will include Laravel/Sanctum for API authentication to your app.

Laravel Jetstream sets this all up for you already

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@devingray_

Yes. Currently i am going ahead using that exact way. Only thing is my app will have a lot to do with Authorization and i am trying to understand whether this approach will have an issue (Specially in how Authorization is handled through API). I think it is the same way right ?

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