Separation of frontend and backend with Laravel and Vue.js

Question

We are planning to develop a web application for job applications. In the first two years we expect the traffic to be about 3'000 - 6'000 visitors per day. At a later stage the traffic will grow up to 10'000 - 20'000 visitors per day.

Is there an advantage in separating frontend and backend (frontend standalone vue.js which calls the REST-API of Laravel) in compare to a all-in-one Laravel application which includes Vue inside the blade templates?

Thank you

Answer 1

If you plan on delivering your product in the form of:

• a REST API,
• and a frontend application

Then you should definitely come up with two different repositories/project.

Starting with an "all-in-one" application for both backend REST API and frontend application looks simpler, as Laravel comes with Vue.js out of the box. But even if it's helpful regarding frontend, it is focusing on backend, PHP, and Laravel. I bet on your developers mixing backend and frontend pretty soon :)

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Consider bootstrapping your frontend application with vue-cli as a standalone project, to get huge benefits from its webpack configuration, and a top-notch (frontend) developer experience. Your frontend application will be better from day one, focusing on its prerequisites: delivering high quality user experience.