React.js with Laravel

that would be really nice

You would use Laravel to provide the base view (index.blade.php) which would include the JS, but then after that all the views would be handled by React.

From there, you would use Laravel singularly as an API only. To get server-side rendering (Isomorphic) is another story. I'm curious to see PHP implementations of this using React PHP.

Maybe Blade templating engine should be improved to support React PHP usage within views so we would not be writing it like:

<?php

$rjs = new ReactJS($react_source, $app_source);
$rjs->setComponent('MyComponent', array(
    'any': 1,
    'props': 2));

Just thought of an extension idea.

Maybe I should build a blade extension that supports reactjs. For example:

@reactjs(<MyComponent any="1" props="2"/>)

Just thinking out loud. This would only be for server side rendering of react.

Thoughts?

I guess you could just do this otherwise:

{{ ReactJS::component('ComponentName') }}

I would prefer more React's jsx-like syntax. Then writing and using components would be similar in PHP and JavaScript.

Found something that works great...

https://github.com/talyssonoc/react-laravel

Just wonder how to tie in Laravel routes with ReactJS routes

Just made a little app example: https://github.com/Spharian/laravel-react-router-refetch

Important parts are JS assets and routes file.

i know its probably late, but why dont you guys make lumen API ?

React JS, Node JS and Angular JS: Which one is the best for web development? > http://www.concettolabs.com/blog/angularjs-vs-react-js-vs-node-js-one-best-web-development/

In Laravel 5.5 Taylor has introduced scaffold presets for react

php artisan preset react

after starting a new project - which make it a cinch to get started.