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If you are thinking of using something else maybe you should consider other options?
Dec 31, 2019
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Nodejs vs Laravel
This year all my projects are done with laravel + vue (except one project with block chain), and I am happy with it.
However I noticed that I spend much more time on vue during development, the role of Laravel is simply provide api, especially in the case of PWA.
Is it better just switch to nodejs?
I have read about the comparison on them on this article:
https://www.netguru.com/blog/nodejs-vs-php
I would like more opinions from developers.
Which kind of projects would be better to use nodejs? which not?
Thank you in advance for sharing your experiences.
Level 67
@fen It depends? :)
We've been having this debate at the company I currently work for and have decided to look at Node as an alternative for splitting out services instead of reaching for Lumen.
Obviously Node has a very high adoption rate. I guess the real question is does your team specialize more in JavaScript or PHP? Also, keep in mind that Node may require a bit more work to keep projects organized as Laravel is extremely opinionated, which I personally prefer.
I don't think JS or PHP are going anywhere anytime soon, so for me it really is just splitting hairs. I like the organization that Laravel provides. That said, it is a heavier weight framework, so at scale it may makes sense to shave time off by breaking things out to Node or go with that altogether. As I said, it really just depends on what is important to you and your team.
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