Deno backend, any typescript frontend framework (personally I prefer angular as there is less thinking needed compared to react).
It is a total joy to code entirely in typescript.
Ask HN: Which tech stack is the most fun?
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#42I'm finding more and more that I just want to use JUCE to build apps, and be done with the platform wars entirely. It has pretty much everything I need in terms of UI elements, and it is so well laid out as a framework that I can almost just guess at things without having to do a lot of scurrying around to find docs and things.
Definitely worth a look if you just want to build clean, efficient, platform-agnostic code that will run everywhere and be performant to boot. Plus, you have native integration for almost everything, and best of all: you don't have to use the repugnant mess of web abstractions to build something cool.
EDIT: Plus, you get to learn how to build apps in the 21st century: through CI and automated builds, like Cthulhu intended.
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#43Check out Zope and Plone; they are object oriented in python
https://plone.org/what-is-plone/zope
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#44I've been enjoying Phoenix. Specifically LiveView. I've never liked front end work before and LiveView gives lil old me the power to build incredibly interactive apps.
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#45RoR for sure, but for the Python lovers there is Django which I found more enjoyable than RoR.
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#46I'm finding more and more that I just want to use JUCE to build apps, and be done with the platform wars entirely. It has pretty much everything I need in terms of UI elements, and it is so well laid out as a framework that I can almost just guess at things without having to do a lot of scurrying around to find docs and things. Definitely worth a look if you just want to build clean, efficient, platform-agnostic code…
I think you mean https://juce.com
Pretty expensive for indie devs, though.
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#47I've been having a wonderful time spinning up small projects using Tcl, Wapp, and Sqlite. Tcl's quoting rules makes it really easy to embed HTML (or anything else, really) inline within a procedure. Simple example: # available at /style.css proc wapp-page-style.css {} { wapp-mimetype text/css wapp-cache-control max-age=3600 wapp-trim { body { background: aliceblue; } } } # available at /hello proc wapp-page-hello {}…
I loved Tcl way back before I switched to Perl. So cool seeing Tcl and HTML combined like this!
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#48I have worked on React applications that felt tedious and boring and I’m currently working on a React app that is very satisfying. For me it’s the product and who uses it vs what tech stack. If you work on something that you (and many of your circle) literally enjoy to use every day, that makes things feel less tedious.
That being said, in side projects I always like to work on new things that I can’t use at work. In the past those have led me to career changes. I learned React on the side then decided I wanted to use it full time. After a few years I switched to Golang. Now I’m back to a full stack roll with lots of React.
My new side interest is Rust. Who knows, maybe I’ll be working full time in Rust. The reason I bring up my own personal habits is because side projects help me stay interested at work. Maybe that will help you too.
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#49If you are looking for literal fun, try Unity 3D.
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#50Solidity and anything EVM is awesome because you code the backend and then boom, instant APIs without tedious authentication. You can just focus on your logic and integrating your frontend.