Frameworks & Libraries

What are Web Frameworks?

Web frameworks provide structure, conventions, and reusable components that speed up development and maintain code quality. They handle cloud-native applications, serverless architectures, and AI-enhanced workflows—letting you focus on building what matters.

Backend frameworks handle server-side logic, data persistence, and API development. Symfony and Laravel represent the modern PHP ecosystem. Symfony (supporting over 759,000 live websites with 30 billion package downloads^[src]) focuses on enterprise flexibility and modularity through dependency injection and component-based design. Laravel (powering 743,470 live websites, with 60%+ PHP framework market share^[src]) prioritises developer experience with expressive syntax and rapid development patterns. Both coexist in production and solve different problems. Laravel excels at rapid iteration and quick-to-market solutions. Symfony provides the structural discipline needed for complex, long-lived enterprise applications that evolve without code degradation.

Frontend frameworks build user interfaces differently. React dominates as the component-based library ( around 40% of the frontend framework market, used on 1.3 million websites^[src]) for interactive, state-driven applications. Next.js builds on React to deliver production-ready applications with server-side rendering and static site generation, offering 5-10x faster Fast Refresh and 2-5x faster builds with Turbopack in version 16^[src]. The React ecosystem has alternatives too. Vue.js is progressive and lightweight. Svelte offers 12% market share^[src]with 73% of developers wanting to continue using it^[src]. All handle complex state and reactivity, scaling from simple widgets to sophisticated multi-page applications.

Why We Use Multiple Framework Types

Every project faces the same question: server-side rendering (progressive enhancement) or browser-side rendering (Single Page Application)? There's no universal answer—it depends on your actual requirements. Full-stack developers who understand both approaches are in high demand: job postings up 35% year-over-year^[src].

Progressive enhancement (via Hotwired Turbo, Symfony UX, HTMX) has real benefits. Smaller JavaScript bundles. Better Core Web Vitals. Simpler testing and debugging. Better accessibility by default. Users get fully rendered HTML that works regardless of JavaScript capability or connection speed. Content appears immediately. JavaScript adds interactivity on top. This approach wins in infrastructure projects where speed, reliability, and maintenance matter more than rich interactions.

Single Page Applications (React, Next.js, Vue.js) excel where you need complex state management, offline support, or sophisticated real-time features (collaborative editing, live notifications, dashboards). React's 40% market share^[src] reflects genuine value where rich interactivity justifies the JavaScript overhead. We work with both approaches because no single framework fits every problem. An e-commerce site might use Next.js for SEO-critical product pages and Hotwired for the shopping cart. A dashboard needs React's state management. Admin pages work fine with Symfony UX. This mix works with cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP), serverless, and microservices—the architecture of modern development.