For side small side projects, where you want start and move quickly - I totally recommend Meteor. Before knowing _any_ framework I started reading on Meteor - a

For side small side projects, where you want start and move quickly - I totally recommend Meteor. Before knowing _any_ framework I started reading on Meteor - and literally in hours, I had a simple app. (Actually, it's how I use it. I am mainly data scientist; I do some webdev, but its not my main thing.)