If you're willing to give up on client-side apps (and deal with a Microsoft stack), MVC5+EF+server-side-kendo can be magical (you'll need to customize EF's TT f

If you're willing to give up on client-side apps (and deal with a Microsoft stack), MVC5+EF+server-side-kendo can be magical (you'll need to customize EF's TT file so that it scaffolds a grid for each type, and produces MVC validation attributes for the create/edit pages), then just scaffold DB-first, tie it into an auth DB for logins, build your layout, menu and theme. It won't be pretty. It won't be React. It will work.