People are giving you stuff that is hard to understand for a non-developer, like Angular and MVC frameworks, and that isn't really a "minimum". The real, simpl

People are giving you stuff that is hard to understand for a non-developer, like Angular and MVC frameworks, and that isn't really a "minimum". The real, simplest, tools are HTML, Javascript (jQuery), PHP, and MySQL. You can sign up for shared hosting that costs $10/year and start developing something as complicated as Facebook or Wordpress with only these tools. People hate on PHP for various reasons, a lot of it stems from a lot of PHP code being terrible because it was written by novices. But this reveals something: there are a LOT of PHP novices because it is tremendously easier to get started with than other options. No configuration, just a text file ending with .php and upload it to your shared hosting with an FTP client (or even the one built into your cPanel). Bam, working backend. Feel free to contact me if you need help.