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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?
#2If it's my call, Rails since 2005 because it was easier than Java and much quicker to deliver. It still is.
If it's customers call, I used Node (as sw architect), Django, Flask, Web2py. All of them are less opinionated than Rails, which IMHO is bad because any project can be different and it costs time to get on board.
Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?
#3Django. I like the "batteries included" aspect. Flask and Sinatra are fun, but I wind up spending more time than I'd like stitching authentication etc together instead of building the project.
Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?
#4Django - I am learning and I think it is easier to learn. It is much easier than php.
Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?
#5I used Node and Loopback.js for my last project (massive project). It was great in the sense that it helped us avoid writing lots of boilerplate, but the ORM and the "current context" module were a constant source of frustration.
Now I'm working on a project with a smaller scope and I'm simply using express.js and knex.js, no ORM. I love the simplicity and level of control I have. It's liberating not to have to guess what the ORM is doing to my data between my code and the DB layer.
Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?
#6Have been newly playing around with this: Modular SPA in either Angular 2 or Webpack with a separate API backend in Go. Easy to test either in isolation or integrated.
Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?
#7Merry christmas! For me it's Django for around 5 years. I use it for both personal and work projects for all the following reasons (they are well known but repetition is never bad):
* A great (really great) orm
* Best documentation I've ever seen in a project
* Predictable, no magic
* Easy to start but very powerful forms
* Great community, positive attitude, always willing to help
* Batteries included and, for anything missing, lots of add-ons (in the form of apps) for all your needs
* It's in python and supports both 2 and 3
* Good i18n support (english is not my primary language)
* Good templating
* MVT (model view template) architecture works great, especually after you switch to CBVs
* Great support for REST (through django-rest-framework)
* Easy and to-the-point project configuration supporting multiple deploys (development, production etc) and non-commited to vcs settings
I've tried other frameworks in the past but I've always stuck in a missing feature or just wanted to do things in the django way.
Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?
#8I use Phenomic to generate static React websites. Served from Amazon S3/CloudFront, with Serverless (Lambda/API Gateway) for REST APIs as needed.
This appears to be the cheapest and most reliable and autoscalable way to build web apps, even though the tooling could still be streamlined. I also believe that React and JavaScript in general currently have the best ecosystem, so it's easy to find anything you need (tools, libraries, components, problem solutions).
Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?
#9asp.net core, I have tried a lot of frameworks and stacks from Laravel to Go and I have never been this productive on anything else.
Re: Ask HN: What web framework do you use? Why did you choose it?
#10If I'm making a website, I'm using Rails. I've been using Rails for years, and I know it and Ruby really well.