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Ask HN: Which framework for a CRUD app in 2016?

4 points by deafcalculus 11y ago

Which language/framework would you recommend for a new web application? A traditional CRUD app without websockets.

sheraz 11y ago
Django. Specifically, I use pydanny's django cookiecutter (https://github.com/pydanny/cookiecutter-django https://github.com/pydanny/cookiecutter-django) which gives me pretty much everything I need including user signup, login, and social auth. Skin with your templates and off you go. Another nice thing is that this give be basic setup for 12-factor app and realtively simple production deployment to Heroku, redshift, or docker (if that is your thing). Also, pydanny is the same person who wrote Two Scoops of Django.
coreyp_1 11y ago
The answer truly depends on your experience and requirements. For example, I am creating a new business (a quasi-SAAS model), and will use Drupal, because it is a good fit for the project, and it will allow me to be up and running very quickly. Furthermore, because of my knowledge of Drupal itself, I know that the project will be secure and follow best security practices. I would not, however, recommend Drupal to you unless you are an experienced programmer and don't mind learning how to correctly use Drupal's APIs.
skewart 11y ago
Rails or Django. Both have rich ecosystems that make it easy to plug in functionality - authentication, authorization, worker queues, logging, sending emails, etc. Plus, both are battle tested and have been heavily refined over the years. Plus the documentation is good, and there are tens of thousands of answers to questions about each framework on the internet. You will probably have a production-ready CRUD app deployed sooner with either of these than anything else. That said, there are plenty of other worthwhile options, depending on the shape of your problem. If your data model is really simple and you only need one table then the Rails or Django ORMs will give you less value. Phoenix, in Elixir, running on the Erlang VM, seems pretty interesting, but I wouldn't recommend it for, say, getting a startup off the ground quickly. But maybe your problem fits well with the Elixir/Erlang language and runtime model. Also, there may well be a great C#/.Net option. I'm just not super familiar with that world, so I can't say. A C#.Net framework would likely have a lot of the same benefits as Rails or Django.
sysmystic 11y ago
Perl with Mojolicious or Dancer.

4 points by deafcalculus 11y ago

Which language/framework would you recommend for a new web application? A traditional CRUD app without websockets.

Django. Specifically, I use pydanny's django cookiecutter (https://github.com/pydanny/cookiecutter-django https://github.com/pydanny/cookiecutter-django) which gives me pretty much everything I need including user signup, login, and social auth. Skin with your templates and off you go. Another nice thing is that this give be basic setup for 12-factor app and realtively simple production deployment to Heroku, redshift, or docker (if that is your thing). Also, pydanny is the same person who wrote Two Scoops of Django.

coreyp_1 11y ago

The answer truly depends on your experience and requirements. For example, I am creating a new business (a quasi-SAAS model), and will use Drupal, because it is a good fit for the project, and it will allow me to be up and running very quickly. Furthermore, because of my knowledge of Drupal itself, I know that the project will be secure and follow best security practices. I would not, however, recommend Drupal to you unless you are an experienced programmer and don't mind learning how to correctly use Drupal's APIs.

skewart 11y ago

Rails or Django. Both have rich ecosystems that make it easy to plug in functionality - authentication, authorization, worker queues, logging, sending emails, etc. Plus, both are battle tested and have been heavily refined over the years. Plus the documentation is good, and there are tens of thousands of answers to questions about each framework on the internet. You will probably have a production-ready CRUD app deployed sooner with either of these than anything else. That said, there are plenty of other worthwhile options, depending on the shape of your problem. If your data model is really simple and you only need one table then the Rails or Django ORMs will give you less value. Phoenix, in Elixir, running on the Erlang VM, seems pretty interesting, but I wouldn't recommend it for, say, getting a startup off the ground quickly. But maybe your problem fits well with the Elixir/Erlang language and runtime model. Also, there may well be a great C#/.Net option. I'm just not super familiar with that world, so I can't say. A C#.Net framework would likely have a lot of the same benefits as Rails or Django.

sysmystic 11y ago

Perl with Mojolicious or Dancer.