Optional installs of react, vue and bootstrap

[apolopena]

Problem this feature will solve

Since this is a configurable starter project it would be nice to have the ability to optionally install react and or vue and or bootstrap. We should be able to set the version and a flag to install the files for auth logins.

The version numbers should support Semantic Versioning.
An empty value for a version means no specific version will be set, rather use whatever version laravel/ui uses

Background

The current starter installs vanilla laravel so there is no react for the front end. Furthermore Laravel 8.x has some pretty hectic defaults as far as the learning curve goes (tailwindCSS. Jeststream, Breeze, inertia.js, only vue) and there is not out of the box option for react. With this system in place a user can use tools they are more familiaar with but keep all the great features core of Laravel 8.x

Proposed Solution

add the following configuration options to starter.ini

[react]
install=1
auth=0
version=

[vue]
install=0
auth=0
version=

[bootstrap]
install=0
auth=0
version=

• 0 = true and 1 = false
• If a value for version is not set then the version that laravel/ui installs by default will be used.
• The react install supercedes the vue install
• react and vue installs come with bootstrap so they supercede a bootstrap install
• In starter.ini. auth and version are ignored if install is set to 0
• • The auth value will be ignored for bootstrap when either react or vue are installed.
• install must either be set to 0 or 1 for any optional install

Constraints and Assumptions

Use laravel/ui:^3.2.0 since it is a legacy library now in Laravel 8.x

• Installation of react will also install react-dom of the same version as specefied for react in starter.ini
• Using artisan ui to install react and vue will also bring along alot of other packages. It will be at the users disgression to remove or upgrade and of them. Here is a typical list of packages from package json when react (without auth) is installed:

    "devDependencies": {
        "@babel/preset-react": "^7.0.0",
        "axios": "^0.21",
        "bootstrap": "^4.0.0",
        "jquery": "^3.2",
        "laravel-mix": "^6.0.6",
        "lodash": "^4.17.19",
        "popper.js": "^1.12",
        "postcss": "^8.1.14",
        "react": "16.14.0",
        "react-dom": "^16.2.0",
        "sass": "^1.15.2",
        "sass-loader": "^8.0.0"
    }

Alternatives or Workarounds

Install these packages manually.

Additional context

This feature should great deal flexibility to the starter and attract a wider user base. Users can get nitty gritty with the system and craft it as they like because that is the beauty of Laravel, however allowing and 'old school' front end swap like react and bootstrap to use in Laravel 8 in place of Breeze or Jeststream will be really handy. Less learning curve if you are familiar with a bootstrap react front end stack.