What is the best way to integrate ReactJS with Laravel?

Question

Laravel

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What is the best way to integrate React.js with Laravel. There is a separate React frontend with components, webpack configurations, etc. There is a backend on Laravel. The task is to combine these 2 applications into a monster with SSR

Answer 1

Applications written in react/angular/etc. expect on the API backend.
1. Create an API
2. Inside your components, "communicate" with your API

Answer 2

It's better to split this into two independent projects that communicate over a REST API.