Comment by PhiGuy on "In your opinion what are some advantages and disadvantages on choosing an architecture with a backend api + React/Angular as consumers instead of monolithic frameworks like Django or CakePHP/Laravel?"

The main reasons I prefer a JS stack a framework over a PHP stack, or Django are as follows

Flexibility: If something needs to be written from the ground up, I love the flexibility of JS. That being said, Python is nice and simple too.
Development Community: Tons of developers that build their apps in JS mean that if you run into a problem, chances are, its been solved before. I wouldn't underestimate the importance of this. Using others solutions will increase your speed and efficiency in writing code.
Documentation: Your JS libs are typically well documented, making it much easier to understand what you're doing at a fundamental level.

I am very biased, but I would like to see PHP take a quick death in the web dev scene ;) Hope this helps.

I thought the answer would be something about moving logic to the client side, preventing full page reloads, or breaking up logic into independent components...

I didn't really get the impression Django is inflexible, badly documented or has a small community.

Yes, the difference is not between PHP and JS, but between single-page/progressive web apps and server-rendered pages. Just do a Google search and you'll find plenty of material.

Thanks for taking some time to answer and clarifying things guys. I was expecting the answer to be more towards the architectural aspect of both ways of structuring and building applications. The three bullets are qualities present on monolithic options too, the answer lacks of concrete arguments on the question context, not stating the pros and cons of both building strategies, anyway, thank you again for sharing!

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