.NET 8 and React for SMB Business Applications
Advocates for small and medium businesses (SMBs) to standardize their custom software development around the .NET 8 backend combined with the React frontend technology stack. It details how fragmented technology stacks lead to significant hidden costs, diminished developer productivity, and increased maintenance complexity for SMBs. The article positions .NET 8 and React as a modern, proven, and economical foundation that balances enterprise-grade capabilities with SMB practicality, offering superior performance, long-term support, and excellent developer experience. Furthermore, it outlines practical patterns for building common line-of-business application features, discusses critical security implementations, and provides a strategic, multi-step roadmap for implementation, maintenance, and future evolution of this standardized stack.
