Introducing React to Laravel with Bower

This article was originally published on bmf-tech.com . Recently, it seems that Laravel 5.3 has decided to adopt Vue.js as the default frontend framework. I usually develop the frontend with jQuery, but I decided to try React to keep up with the latest trends. Although I thought sticking with Vue.js would be safer with Laravel, I chose React because it seems to be growing the most right now. I was torn between AngularJS and React, but since I was looking for something to replace jQuery and only handle the View, I chose React. I'm not a frontend expert who can explain the technical value of each framework, so honestly, I don't really understand... lol The official recommendation for installing React seems to be npm, but I feel more familiar with Bower, so I'll install it with Bower this time. (Is npm richer in packages than Bower??) After some research, it seems that npm is more standard. Environment Laravel 5.2 React... the latest version at the time of writing (v15.3.0) babel... a Jav