Why would you even need a front end framework if you want to quickly put together a simple website? use php laravel and you get everything set up, use .net core

Why would you even need a front end framework if you want to quickly put together a simple website? use php laravel and you get everything set up, use .net core and you also get everything. Elixir? Vue? React? say whats the hip web stack today instead of go-to. Also people mention nginx, again use apache because it has letsencrypt has easy support for HTTPS certificate.