The perfect stack

As expected, there is no one perfect stack that fits with Symfony. You need to figure out what works with your development workflow and application.

However, if you were to base a front-end workflow on the most popular tools according to this survey, this would be the stack:

The stack would be centered around the framework React with components build using JavaScript’s ES6 and SASS. The stack would be build using Webpack and would not include UI testing. The communication would be based on REST API.

Hopefully, this gave some interesting insights into the front-end stacks behind Symfony applications. If you are looking for some more quantitive data about the tools used by JavaScript developers, I can’t recommend the State of JavaScript enough. With over 28,000 respondents and a clear analysis, it is the best starting point for picking a front-end stack.

Lastly, a major thanks to everyone from the Symfony slack that responded to the survey and helped me out with my thesis!