title: Angular.js vs React.js with php mvc (Laravel)
body: <p>I know what angular.js is and I even had a question about it @<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27098987/angularjs-laravel">Why use AngularJs in frontend if Laravel is already used as backend?</a>.</p>
  
  <p>but recently I started to read about <strong>React.js</strong> and from its site (its the V in the MVC) which is exactly what am after "handling the view and nothing else".</p>
  
  <p>for me, I think <strong>Angular.js</strong> as an MVC framework was made to be used with something that is built with <em>JavaScript</em> from start to end like <strong>Node.js</strong> </p>
  
  <p>and it seems like an overkill when used with something like <strong>Larval</strong>, where I simply need something to handle the frontend and nothing else + <strong>Angular</strong> have <em>2 main drawbacks</em></p>
  
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  <li><p>with the latest news about a new version that won't have back compatibility with the current version makes me even feared to start learning it just to find that more or less every project out there is using the old version which mostly is true.</p></li>
  <li><p>angular renders the whole dom if anything got changed which again is an issue for big projects.</p></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>so based on the above, plz note that I want to learn/use JS solely to enhance the user experience not to build another Gmail or Facebook and so my question is,</p>
  
  <p>could React.js be used with Laravel to handle the view and do everything Angular was going to give, or I have to use Angular liked or not?</p>