As a non-web-dev, the hardest problem I've encountered is choice. Which framework should I choose to do X? To do Y? Do they play together? Are they still suppo

As a non-web-dev, the hardest problem I've encountered is choice. Which framework should I choose to do X? To do Y? Do they play together? Are they still supported? Are they well documented? What assumptions are made by them? There are dozens of options for most things, but no guide to them.