Partly I was tripped up because I have used Meteor and they handle everything for you. Before that I was using PHP and making SQL queries to MySQL directly.
In both of those cases I was able to get directly at the database. What you're saying is that I need a middle-tier that acts as the layer above the database but below the client (obviously.)
You mentioned Node.js. I know what that is and I know it's not a database. So it needs to connect to a database and then pass off data to the client. This is the piece of the puzzle I'm missing in my mental visualization.
I've learned that Laravel works well with Vue so I'll start there.
Partly I was tripped up because I have used Meteor and they handle everything for you. Before that I was using PHP and making SQL queries to MySQL directly.
In both of those cases I was able to get directly at the database. What you're saying is that I need a middle-tier that acts as the layer above the database but below the client (obviously.)
You mentioned Node.js. I know what that is and I know it's not a database. So it needs to connect to a database and then pass off data to the client. This is the piece of the puzzle I'm missing in my mental visualization.
I've learned that Laravel works well with Vue so I'll start there.
Thanks!