Rails - because Ruby is easy to learn, especially for beginners and you get great, custom things done in no time. Also Rails forces you in some patterns that make sense in my opinion. Testing is also fun.
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Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?
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Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?
#62I've tried different JavaScript frameworks. I've seen Backbone, Angular, Knockout, Rx.js, React, Redux, MobX, Rails, Asp.net, Meteor and Django, I've tried almost every popular option to compile/transpile into JS - Coffeescript, Typescript, Livescript, Gorillascript, Fay, Haste, Elm, GHCJS and Babel. I've used Grunt, Gulp, Browserify and Webpack.
Nothing ever made me so happy and so excited as Clojurescript. Things are so simple, so elegant. Code has never been ever before so easy to reason about. Sharing code between backend and frontend became reality. FFI to existing JavaScript code is so natural. Ring, Compojure and Om.Next, Clojure.spec and generative testing, Figwheel, Devcards, Boot-clj. core.async and pattern matching. My goodness. I just don't understand anymore devs, choosing to struggle with other stacks. Everytime when I try to compare - CLJS feels just a few steps ahead.
Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?
#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
But you cant compare Wordpress with Django, Wordpress is not a web framework is just a CMS for blogs. Or am i wrong? PS... Django <3
I have done little Wordpress development (just some plugin for a prototype that my company wanted). But I don't see anything that prevented it from being used to develop a web application since the theme/plugin system seems to fulfill everything. Django also describes itself as a CMS platform on their website so I kind of thought they are comparable. Just wanted to make sure I know what I'm getting before I jumps in…
>Django also describes itself as a CMS platform on their website so I kind of thought they are comparable.
What?
Django website have "The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines".
You can compare WP with Drupal or Joomla. With Django you can build you own CMS.
Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?
#64I have recently switched from flask + psycopg to sanic + asyncpg for my http APIs. I'm pretty happy with the results and the transition was pretty smooth, it only took a day each to switch out each and go from fully synchronis to fully asynchronous.
Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?
#65I've used Pyramid for the last 5 years to deploy highly available http api (>500K unique users daily).
- Super Modular, easy to achieve separation of concern;
- Powerful routing system;
- Consistent API;
- Elegant;
- Performant;
- Pyramid folks are super nice and super helpful on irc
Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?
#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
But you cant compare Wordpress with Django, Wordpress is not a web framework is just a CMS for blogs. Or am i wrong? PS... Django <3
I have done little Wordpress development (just some plugin for a prototype that my company wanted). But I don't see anything that prevented it from being used to develop a web application since the theme/plugin system seems to fulfill everything. Django also describes itself as a CMS platform on their website so I kind of thought they are comparable. Just wanted to make sure I know what I'm getting before I jumps in…
Well, wordpress is a cms that, through custom work, can be used as a web framework (ie you can built other, non-cms, things with it). Django is a web framework that can be used to build a cms.
Actually there are some great cms built on top of django, for example django-cms or wagtail!
If you start from scratch and want to build a simple cms it will be easier to do it with wp, if ofcourse you tolerate php - some people won't use php for reasons that should be well known to hn readers. However, for any other web development I recommed using django (or another normal web framework).
Using wp to build non-cms stuff reminds me the "when your only tool is a hammer everything looks like a nail" argument! You may use your hammer to cut (break) wood but using your saw would be easier and safer!
Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?
#67Spring with Spring Boot in Java. Batteries included and easy to setup and get going. A statically typed language to catch errors at compile time. Easy to deploy by building an uberjar. Great dependency management and builds with Gradle/Maven and built-in support for pretty much any common database and message queue.
I don't think you can catch errors compile time with all the magic reflection Spring uses, such as resolving services, injected values etc.
Agreed that there is lots of magic going on in the DI container but as it resolves everything on startup most issues there are still caught during the development process.
Catching errors at compile time is mostly about avoiding subtle bugs like object.property vs object.propery or adding a parameter to a method and forgetting to update 1 caller
Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?
#68I'm surprised nobody mentioned Laravel. It seems to be one of the most, if not the most, used PHP Framework nowadays?
Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?
#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have done little Wordpress development (just some plugin for a prototype that my company wanted). But I don't see anything that prevented it from being used to develop a web application since the theme/plugin system seems to fulfill everything. Django also describes itself as a CMS platform on their website so I kind of thought they are comparable. Just wanted to make sure I know what I'm getting before I jumps in…
>Django also describes itself as a CMS platform on their website so I kind of thought they are comparable. What? Django website have "The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines". You can compare WP with Drupal or Joomla. With Django you can build you own CMS.
D:
Sorry, one of the first links when I searched for Django on Bing (currently in China) is django-cms.org.
Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?
#70Rails because it's familiar, fast enough and it's a joy to work with.
I'm also using Phoenix for pet projects because Elixir is Ruby 2.0 for me.