Any Js framework will work, also vanilla js will work. Just pick a framework that you want to learn and do this project on this framework. Also if you want to

Any Js framework will work, also vanilla js will work. Just pick a framework that you want to learn and do this project on this framework. Also if you want to learn vanilla js, pick vanilla js. And for the backend side, same story, pick whatever framework and language you prefer. Superior framework at the scale of a side project doesn't exist. And personally I would pick vanilla js with Django because that is the stack I know the best