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Re: Ask HN: Fastest/easiest framework to build a web application in 2017?

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Post by imhoguy »

You mean an app in a weekend? This works for me Vuejs/Bootstrap/Rails/Docker. Thanks to Rails's Webpacker you can keep all project code in single git repo. Everything is nicely integrated like Rails test framework compiles JS/ES6 on the fly before integration tests are run. DB migrations are a must in potentially evolving app. Other elements of my stack: bootstrap-vue, Devise (RoR), PostgreSQL, Guard(test loop), Ansible (for general server tasks).

Re: Ask HN: Fastest/easiest framework to build a web application in 2017?

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Post by fiftyacorn »

ehllo wrote: post #25
fiftyacorn wrote: post #11

I'd be interested in views on fastest to develop with - and not relative to what you are most experienced at

I think your expierence in a system/framework or programming language is a key factor in "fast" development and to be honest, the question for the "easiest and fastest" framework is totally wrong and you won't get nothing out of this question. All answers will come from people with different expierence levels in programming, frameworks, projects and many other things - all answers are biased towards the expierence of…

I disagree.

Im primarily a Java monkey, but used django and django REST in a few side projects and was developing much faster. This includes picking up python3 as i went along. The end result was i wished Java had its own version of django.

Re: Ask HN: Fastest/easiest framework to build a web application in 2017?

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Post by dabockster »

stephenr wrote: post #18
dabockster wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The core WordPress software is amazing. The plugin developers and community are another story. I've had cases where WordPress plugins have unlisted dependencies, bundled plugins that completely alter the WordPress Dashboard, build systems that go against established WordPress software patterns, etc etc etc. The majority of the community seems to be fine with this as they treat it like self-hosted Squarespace (set it,…

> The core WordPress software is amazing In that outsiders who see the code are amazed people still proudly ship this glorp?

I meant in the sense of creating a small self-hosted blog. I wouldn't dare use it in a setting where money is on the line.

Re: Ask HN: Fastest/easiest framework to build a web application in 2017?

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Post by mycat »

whalesalad wrote: post #17

Rails, without a doubt. Don’t waste your time on Django and all the Node stuff is just a mountain of distractions. (I’ve been doing this for over a decade. At one point I was a Django zealot and avoided Rails like the plague. Boy was I wrong)

Can elaborate more on that?

Currently I know Python and am using Django.

I am too lazy to learn Ruby. Is it worth it to learn Ruby just to use Rails?

Re: Ask HN: Fastest/easiest framework to build a web application in 2017?

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Post by gerenuk »

saluki wrote: post #26

I would still recommend Rails or Laravel(PHP). Both are similar so choose the one you know/fits you best. nothing to something: Laravel you can go from zero to auth + dashboard in like 5 minutes. There are lots of packages to speed things along. Some of the items I'm recommending are paid, but they are well worth the value they provide and support the creator of Laravel and has enabled him to work on Laravel full tim…

Just to add a few more information to your answer.

Laravel + Mix will help you in getting started with single page app using Vuejs.

For the jobs, you can monitor them using Laravel + Horizon just like Sidekiq monitoring dashboard.

Also, in laravel 5.6, bootstrap 4 will be added as a preset.

Re: Ask HN: Fastest/easiest framework to build a web application in 2017?

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Post by zerr »

saluki wrote: post #26

I would still recommend Rails or Laravel(PHP). Both are similar so choose the one you know/fits you best. nothing to something: Laravel you can go from zero to auth + dashboard in like 5 minutes. There are lots of packages to speed things along. Some of the items I'm recommending are paid, but they are well worth the value they provide and support the creator of Laravel and has enabled him to work on Laravel full tim…

But Laravel documentation is really bad, isn't it? Or is it the same for other frameworks as well? I mean the official textual documentation.

Re: Ask HN: Fastest/easiest framework to build a web application in 2017?

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Post by saluki »

zerr wrote: post #38
saluki wrote: post #26

I would still recommend Rails or Laravel(PHP). Both are similar so choose the one you know/fits you best. nothing to something: Laravel you can go from zero to auth + dashboard in like 5 minutes. There are lots of packages to speed things along. Some of the items I'm recommending are paid, but they are well worth the value they provide and support the creator of Laravel and has enabled him to work on Laravel full tim…

But Laravel documentation is really bad, isn't it? Or is it the same for other frameworks as well? I mean the official textual documentation.

Laravel documentation is excellent.

They spend a lot of time on the documentation.

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