Integrating React.js into a PHP application

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Recommends starting with create-react-app for 100% client-side rendering as the simplest path; claims server-side rendering uses ReactDOMServer’s renderToString/hydrate (or streaming via renderToNodeStream) to improve time‑to‑first‑paint and SEO. Presents three PHP SSR architectures: embedding V8 via v8js (works but is hard to build and uncommon), delegating to a local/remote Node service (common, full Node tooling), or moving routing to Node. Mentions Hypernova and Wayfair’s open‑source PHP client as practical Node-based options.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 3:55Make views a first-class aspect of your web application
3. 5:33Flexibility to support single-page application experiences
4. 6:08Frontend frameworks can unlock new interaction patterns
5. 11:38What is server-side rendering (SSR)?
6. 12:58Why server-side render?
7. 19:54For universal JavaScript we need a way to execute JavaScript on the server.
8. 33:57Easiest way to get started with React.js is 100% client-side rendering
9. 34:31React.js has solid server-side rendering support
10. 34:46Think about how you're architecting the view layer of your application

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