John Clifford de Vera

I would say go for Node.js since you probably would only build a REST API that would talk to the frontend and some communication with the database.

On the other hand, Laravel is a much heavier framework that follows MVC pattern. Since you don't need the V in the MVC of Laravel. You can go for a straight Express that just handles the API request and return a response.

Why I chose TypeScript over JavaScript is because I believe that static/strong typing is great for developing a product for scale in the long run. It gives you predictability and confidence on building your application.

I had one problem with JavaScript dealing with data types in a production environment that unit tests didn't even catch. Users are seeing undefined words instead of information the user is fetching from a specific API to deliver the user's needs.

I used React not just because it is more popular than Angular. But the declarative and composition it gives out of the box is fascinating and React.js is just a very small UI library and you can build anything on top of it.

Composing components is the strongest asset of React for me as it can breakdown your application into smaller pieces which makes it easy to reuse and scale.

I use JavaScript because it helps me to build interactive and real-time applications via native mobile apps using React Native and dynamic and interactive web apps using React. I also build some micro-services using ExpressJS and Node.js for API interaction within realtime.