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Ask HN: How do you quickly prototype a webapp in 2020?

What's your development stack? What tools or no code tools do you use to get off the ground faster? How long do you typically take to process prototype ideas?

ninetax 7y ago
dbdiagram.io hasura.io create react app / apollo / typescript
felipebrnd 7y ago
Auth0, did it yesterday, authentication ready to test in 15 minutes. For backend was very quick and refreshing to use kotlin and javalin.
dhruvkar 7y ago
about 10 years too late, but I'm just discovering heroku + django magic. haven't tried the cookiecutter for django yet, but I understand it streamlines it further. currently using: - django - django-allauth (enable only g suite) - django-rest-auth - djangorestframework - django-heroku - local postgres for development - heroku postgres for production this stands up an admin-ready site with authentication and a Rest API.
- kugelblitz 7y ago
  Similar. Also discovered Docker (Compose) for local development. Didn't like it at first, because most of the projects I worked in had some huge and slow setups, but for my own projects I tried to keep it very lean and it makes development more fun. Was using PHP / Symfony for a long time, but Django seems to have some of the kinks solved better (e.g. Django REST vs. FOSRestBundle or django-allauth vs. FOSUserBundle or django-admin vs. SonataAdminBundle).
  - dhruvkar 7y ago
    nice, I've only toyed with docker, will check it out in earnest.
andrefuchs 7y ago
I'm using a VueJS/VuetifyJS frontend and Firebase backend. Bento is a great Vue and Firebase PWA template to quickly get you started. https://github.com/kefranabg/bento-starter https://github.com/kefranabg/bento-starter
kiwicopple 7y ago
I use Postgres + PostgREST. PostgREST is an amazing tool for cutting down all the middleware you’d normally need to build. A bit of a plug but I’m also building supabase.io which gives real-time functionality to Postgres (like Firebase)
matijash 7y ago
https://bubble.io/ https://bubble.io/ - for non-developers, good for prototyping and simple apps but not scalable https://remaketheweb.com/ https://remaketheweb.com/ - seems cool, full-stack framework, not totally flexible but might be interesting for simpler apps We are working on an open-source project for developers that would be both easy to use but also flexible and scalable. You can see it here: https://wasp-lang.dev/ https://wasp-lang.dev/ - it's still a work in progress, but would be cool to get your feedback!
designcrafter 7y ago
I use Webflow. No code. Some HTML/CSS knowledge will be helpful. You can be online in a day or two if you have 3 to 7 pages.
seha 7y ago
I've been experimenting and generally happy with https://stacker.app https://stacker.app, creates a web portal from an airtable with authentication

What's your development stack? What tools or no code tools do you use to get off the ground faster? How long do you typically take to process prototype ideas?

ninetax 7y ago

dbdiagram.io hasura.io create react app / apollo / typescript

felipebrnd 7y ago

Auth0, did it yesterday, authentication ready to test in 15 minutes. For backend was very quick and refreshing to use kotlin and javalin.

dhruvkar 7y ago

about 10 years too late, but I'm just discovering heroku + django magic. haven't tried the cookiecutter for django yet, but I understand it streamlines it further. currently using: - django - django-allauth (enable only g suite) - django-rest-auth - djangorestframework - django-heroku - local postgres for development - heroku postgres for production this stands up an admin-ready site with authentication and a Rest API.

kugelblitz 7y ago
Similar. Also discovered Docker (Compose) for local development. Didn't like it at first, because most of the projects I worked in had some huge and slow setups, but for my own projects I tried to keep it very lean and it makes development more fun. Was using PHP / Symfony for a long time, but Django seems to have some of the kinks solved better (e.g. Django REST vs. FOSRestBundle or django-allauth vs. FOSUserBundle or django-admin vs. SonataAdminBundle).
- dhruvkar 7y ago
  nice, I've only toyed with docker, will check it out in earnest.

andrefuchs 7y ago

I'm using a VueJS/VuetifyJS frontend and Firebase backend. Bento is a great Vue and Firebase PWA template to quickly get you started. https://github.com/kefranabg/bento-starter https://github.com/kefranabg/bento-starter

kiwicopple 7y ago

I use Postgres + PostgREST. PostgREST is an amazing tool for cutting down all the middleware you’d normally need to build. A bit of a plug but I’m also building supabase.io which gives real-time functionality to Postgres (like Firebase)

matijash 7y ago

https://bubble.io/ https://bubble.io/ - for non-developers, good for prototyping and simple apps but not scalable https://remaketheweb.com/ https://remaketheweb.com/ - seems cool, full-stack framework, not totally flexible but might be interesting for simpler apps We are working on an open-source project for developers that would be both easy to use but also flexible and scalable. You can see it here: https://wasp-lang.dev/ https://wasp-lang.dev/ - it's still a work in progress, but would be cool to get your feedback!

designcrafter 7y ago

I use Webflow. No code. Some HTML/CSS knowledge will be helpful. You can be online in a day or two if you have 3 to 7 pages.

seha 7y ago

I've been experimenting and generally happy with https://stacker.app https://stacker.app, creates a web portal from an airtable with authentication