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Several boring but good things Spring Boot (Java) is really simple and boring yet a lot of capabilities underneath Also, ASP.NET (c#) - similar deal Django o

Several boring but good things Spring Boot (Java) is really simple and boring yet a lot of capabilities underneath Also, ASP.NET (c#) - similar deal Django or Flask (Python) Backbone.js, jQuery, Bootstrap (JS front end) Express (JS backend) Sinatra (Ruby) PHP 6 Maybe Angular or Ember or even basic React+Flux in the front end if you can contain your enthusiasm For hosting, find a boring PaaS and avoid the container mud wrestling For pity's sake use PostgreSQL or MySQL, MongoDB burns

sjnair96 10y ago
Django or Flask (Python) Express (JS backend) Sinatra (Ruby) What would you suggest out of these for quick prototyping and just side projects?
- Godel_unicode 10y ago
  Postgres and Flask. Create it as a package, not an individual module. Front-end it with gunicorn and nginx. All monitored by supervisord. https://realpython.com/blog/python/kickstarting-flask-on-ubuntu-setup-and-deployment/ https://realpython.com/blog/python/kickstarting-flask-on-ubu...
- kofejnik 10y ago
  Flask is awesome, sure, but you will have to do a lot of mundane stuff with Psycopg2 (may all gods help you if you choose to dive into sqlalchemy!). OTOH, Rails ORM is awesomely simple and just works for 95% of the cases.
- int_19h 10y ago
  Bottle (Python). It's very minimalist and tries very hard to get out of your way, but it usually provides enough for prototyping and quick spur-of-the-moment things. The latter is also when you might appreciate the fact that its markup language is really just embedded Python (PHP style) - you're trusted to not abuse the power, but you define what "abuse" is.
needcaffeine 10y ago
There is no PHP6. Went from 5.6 to 7.
- parasubvert 10y ago
  Yeah I meant PHP 5.6 , my bad
exclusiv 10y ago
For my first project ever on Java - I did an API on Spring Data Rest and connected to a db I designed on Oracle (requirement). I was pleasantly surprised at how much functionality I got for free once setup. I probably spent as much time on setting up Oracle and xml/config stuff as dev but it was still super fast to get a solid API built.
wpietri 10y ago
I really like how you, tomca32, and nous all are suggesting multiple language/framework options. I think a lot of the way these technology choices go wrong because people want to pick the best option, rather than a good-enough option that matches local conditions. The former strikes me as a local, narrowly focused tech optimization; the latter, looking at the bigger economic picture of the project.

sjnair96 10y ago

Django or Flask (Python) Express (JS backend) Sinatra (Ruby) What would you suggest out of these for quick prototyping and just side projects?

Godel_unicode 10y ago
Postgres and Flask. Create it as a package, not an individual module. Front-end it with gunicorn and nginx. All monitored by supervisord. https://realpython.com/blog/python/kickstarting-flask-on-ubuntu-setup-and-deployment/ https://realpython.com/blog/python/kickstarting-flask-on-ubu...
kofejnik 10y ago
Flask is awesome, sure, but you will have to do a lot of mundane stuff with Psycopg2 (may all gods help you if you choose to dive into sqlalchemy!). OTOH, Rails ORM is awesomely simple and just works for 95% of the cases.
int_19h 10y ago
Bottle (Python). It's very minimalist and tries very hard to get out of your way, but it usually provides enough for prototyping and quick spur-of-the-moment things. The latter is also when you might appreciate the fact that its markup language is really just embedded Python (PHP style) - you're trusted to not abuse the power, but you define what "abuse" is.

needcaffeine 10y ago

There is no PHP6. Went from 5.6 to 7.

parasubvert 10y ago
Yeah I meant PHP 5.6 , my bad

exclusiv 10y ago

For my first project ever on Java - I did an API on Spring Data Rest and connected to a db I designed on Oracle (requirement). I was pleasantly surprised at how much functionality I got for free once setup. I probably spent as much time on setting up Oracle and xml/config stuff as dev but it was still super fast to get a solid API built.

wpietri 10y ago

I really like how you, tomca32, and nous all are suggesting multiple language/framework options. I think a lot of the way these technology choices go wrong because people want to pick the best option, rather than a good-enough option that matches local conditions. The former strikes me as a local, narrowly focused tech optimization; the latter, looking at the bigger economic picture of the project.