Server side rendering of React with Symfony

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Shows how to render React from a PHP Symfony app by running Node from PHP, wrapping JS into a runner that writes a temporary file, passing a per-request variant (initial state) and caching the shared bundle. Uses Webpack/Babel (Symfony Webpack Encore), a small PHP library (PHPExec) and ideas borrowed from react_on_rails. Demonstrates working server-side HTML via ReactDOMServer, explains error handling, explains that a V8 extension speeds production a lot but is harder to install.

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1. 0:00Introduction to workshop
2. 1:29Why server-side rendering
3. 11:15Setting up the environment
4. 14:09Running JavaScript in PHP
5. 22:16Handling JavaScript execution
6. 27:27Using PHP-Execute-JS library
7. 33:11Introduction to Webpack
8. 44:17Configuring Webpack for React
9. 54:59React fundamentals
10. 1:00:21React components and state
11. 1:08:56Server-side rendering with React
12. 1:13:57React on Rails integration
13. 1:18:02Workshop conclusion

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