There is a slight advantage of separation in frontend & backend - writing tests for an API-only backend is so easy. On the other hand, the frontend SPA still

There is a slight advantage of separation in frontend & backend - writing tests for an API-only backend is so easy. On the other hand, the frontend SPA still needs tests, and I have no idea how to make that trivial yet. P.S. If you folks want a really small react-like SPA, I recommend either https://mithril.js.org https://mithril.js.org or https://riot.js.org https://riot.js.org And you can avoid state management complexity by using a pattern like http://meiosis.js.org http://meiosis.js.org