Any real project would have real requirements. These real requirements are always going to trump a star rating system, 'what's popular' or a generic guide on t

Any real project would have real requirements. These real requirements are always going to trump a star rating system, 'what's popular' or a generic guide on the Internet. You should define your requirements and then pick the tech which is best at providing a solution to this requirement. What? I'm going to have a choice of two bits of tech and I'm gonna decide to use one over the other cos it's 'boring but not too boring'? Come on now. These are rules for people who don't know what they're doing aren't they? Understand your requirements. Understand the technology you propose to use.