Re: Using Tapestry as BfF for React

Hi Peter,

This is a great idea! I wanted to work on this use case as I use quite =
extensively Tapestry in some projects and Nextjs on other projects.=20
But for heavy backend use I really prefer Tapestry. It avoids streaming =
tones of javascript to the frontend. I would really like to tightly =
integrate both and get rid of jQuery. Call Tapestry page action =
listeners directly from React using helpers, build dynamic forms and =
components with react, and synchronise them with Tapestry etc.

Great work!

Regards,

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> Le 13 janv. 2026 =C3=A0 09:26, [email protected] a =C3=A9crit :
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> Hi guys,
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> there are some scenarios in which Tapestry can be very useful as =
backend for frontend for React apps, instead of Javascript BfFs as =
suggested by React, e.g. nextjs.
> There are many reasons to prefer a java BfF, the main one is reducing =
of size and complexity of large React SPAs - it is much easier to do =
while using a Java BfF (not necessarily Tapestry) then nextjs.
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> The idea is to build an ESM module from a React node project and use =
it in Tapestry as a resource.
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> You can find here:
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>   https://www.webclient.at/SourceCode#Demo_Application_Sources
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> how it works with tapestry versions up to 5.9.0 and React 19.1
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> As the future Tapestry version 5.10. enables ESM modules directly, I'v =
tried to build the same demo with Tapestry head, but I am not able to =
get it running. Does it make sense to keep trying? Will the version 5.10 =
be finished?
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> You can find here more about the motivation behind this endeavour:
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> https://www.webclient.at/WebClientExperience#Java_BfF_for_React_Micro
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> here a simple demo app:
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> https://www.webclient.at/DemoApp
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> As long as you are using React version lower than 19, it is possible =
to use React UMD modules, in this case you would not necessarily need to =
create an ESM module for the React app.
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> With regards, Peter Skala
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