Web Applications Developer

Michael Sterling

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I see now that my question didn't make as much sense as I originally thought. But to your point (and mine I think): React is going to make the API call, the API itself will be written OUTSIDE of the react application as it would have to be, right? I think I confused myself about where each application would/could live i.e.: both applications on the same server vs. on two different servers. So in the main regard, thank you for your response and in a lessor regard, never mind haha!
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I see now that my question didn't make as much sense as I originally thought. But to your point (and mine I think): React is going to make the API call, the API itself will be written OUTSIDE of the react application as it would have to be, right? I think I confused myself about where each application would/could live i.e.: both applications on the same server vs. on two different servers. So in the main regard, thank you for your response and in a lessor regard, never mind haha!

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&quot;Getting your head around all the different moving parts of more complex applications can be quite tricky :) &quot;<br />
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Man you ain't kiddin! Thanks again!
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"Getting your head around all the different moving parts of more complex applications can be quite tricky :) "

Man you ain't kiddin! Thanks again!

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I'm new to creating/using APIs and React, so can someone give me some pros and cons (or links to articles that detail the pros and cons) of making your api calls directly in your react app vs. creating a separate api application?
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I'm new to creating/using APIs and React, so can someone give me some pros and cons (or links to articles that detail the pros and cons) of making your api calls directly in your react app vs. creating a separate api application?

What are the pros and cons of making your api call from within your react app verses creating a separate api application?

React (also known as React.js or ReactJS) is an open-source front-end JavaScript library for building user interfaces or UI components. It is maintained by Facebook and a community of individual developers and companies. React can be used as a base in the development of single-page or mobile applications. However, React is only concerned with state management and rendering that state to the DOM, so creating React applications usually requires the use of additional libraries for routing, as well as certain client-side functionality.

React

JavaScript is a dynamic, object-based language commonly used for client-side scripting in web browsers. Recently, server side JavaScript frameworks have also emerged. JavaScript runs on nearly every operating system and  in almost every mainstream web browser.