React and Node are not the choices if you want to prototype quickly. A full-stack Rails-inspired framework that makes use of DSLs, code generators, db migratio

React and Node are not the choices if you want to prototype quickly. A full-stack Rails-inspired framework that makes use of DSLs, code generators, db migrations and has validations that work from the db, through to the forms in frontend templates are the table stakes for rapid prototyping. Rails itself, Phoenix or Laravel are the options I’d consider. All three have great communities and a history of success getting more done with fewer devs than would be possible with separated front and back-end JS SPAs.