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Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?

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Post by thepredestrian »

finchisko wrote: post #30

I'm pretty sure I'll be minority here, but I don't use any backend framework for page rendering. All my apps are pure SPAs. They render all the screen content themselves on the client and only query servers for data. I prefer this, because I can simply take any app and deploy it to server just by copying its files. I only need to scale API servers and I don't have think about app scaling, because just single instance…

That's what I do as well. Except instead of React, I use Redux off the DOM. It prototypes fast and I don't run into any configuration issues

Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?

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Post by keviv »

- I've been working on Laravel for 3 years now. Liked the speed with which new features are introduced.

- Currently freelancing for a client and using CakePHP. Didn't choose it, the existing system was built on it.

- Worked on Codeigniter an Yii in the past. Chose them because they used to be the most popular frameworks back in the day.

- Used Slim and Lumen PHP microframeworks whenever I was working on a tiny project.

- When I'm not freelancing, I'm learning Elixir and Phoenix.

Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?

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Post by andrei_says_ »

Rails, because I love ruby and hate sweating the small stuff.

Slim because I love simplicity and am a slow reader.

Susy grids because it fits my thinking and is very adaptable.

Vue.js because it lets me write HTML as HTML and JavaScript as JavaScript. And because it makes sense to me. Vuex because it follows the same principles used by Vue.

Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?

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Post by andrei_says_ »

ufmace wrote: post #75

I don't know how some of you guys have the time to get real experience with dozens of frameworks. I've only really used a few. Out of what I've used, Ruby is my favorite language, and I use Rails for anything with a database, and Sinatra for anything without. Thoughts: ActiveRecord is the best ORM I've used so far. You don't need a ton of boilerplate or config to get up and running with it. It supports all of the bas…

Have seen Sequel? Once I tried it I can't stop fantasizing about replacing activerecord from all my rails projects.

Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?

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Post by patrickgordon »

Rails for my backend and react/redux SPA for my frontend.

I was using Rails for both but I love the freedom, ease, and capability that comes with React.

I could move to using something "lighter" than Rails on the backend but I really do like the 'batteries included' stuff that means I don't have to think about much to get up and running.

Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?

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Post by AjJi »

eastindex wrote: post #116

Used almost all of the PHP MVC frameworks across multiple projects: Laravel (2015/16), Yii1/2 (2015-now), CakePHP (2015), Zend (2009), CodeIgniter (2009-Now), Symfony 1 (2008/9)

Would be curious to know more about your experience, I mostly use CakePHP, and have minimal experience with Symfony 2 and Laravel, but I always go back to CakePHP.

Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?

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Post by z0la »

finchisko wrote: post #30

I'm pretty sure I'll be minority here, but I don't use any backend framework for page rendering. All my apps are pure SPAs. They render all the screen content themselves on the client and only query servers for data. I prefer this, because I can simply take any app and deploy it to server just by copying its files. I only need to scale API servers and I don't have think about app scaling, because just single instance…

I am wondering though ... since you are putting all the rendering load on the browser, have you had any issues with that? Slow machines, slow browsers, etc?

Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?

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Post by sova »

iLemming wrote: post #93
anaganisk wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

could you please point me towards some good resources to get started with clojurescript?

There are plenty. https://github.com/magomimmo/modern-cljs Is a good one. You probably need to read one of the books on Clojure. I wouldn't recommend starting with "Joy of Clojure". It is definitely "must read', but do it later, after you learn some basics.

Second "The Joy of Clojure"

Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?

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Post by seanmavley »

wzy wrote: post #33

Rails: Because it works!

As much as it works, I find Rails to do things Automagically, which makes little sense to me.

I'm the programmer, not the framework!

Maybe it is because I love the Explicit is better than Implicit approach more than the Convention over Configuration thing.

Conventions can change. Configurations, they remain!

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