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Re: Ask HN: Web frameworks – which less popular frameworks are you using and why?

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Post by karmakaze »

bityard wrote: post #60

It's been a long time since I wrote any PHP in anger but back when I did, I got a ton of mileage out of CodeIgniter ( https://codeigniter.com/ ). It looks like it's still around and being actively maintained. I can quite clearly remember a number of projects that went from being just an idea to 90% functional in the span of an evening. I write Python almost exclusively now, but still pine for something like CodeIgnit…

I had to change over a Drupal CMS project to building one with a framework. I looked around and chose Yii, which turned out to be a great choice. I used it a bit for personal projects which also went well. The migration to v2 on some later personal projects was challenging due to the lack and mixed documentation/search results.

  I don't normally use PHP, but when I do I use Yii 2.

Re: Ask HN: Web frameworks – which less popular frameworks are you using and why?

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Post by pabe »

Haskell: IHP / Thin

Because it's the only Haskell web framework I know about;)

JS: Sveltekit, Astro.build

Sveltekit for web apps because it's insanely well build & ships compiled JS code instead of a large lib like most big contenders do.

Astro for websites because it doesn't force you into any frontend frameworks (you can use Svelte, Vue, React) and focuses on static sites + partial hydration. Awesome for web performance / SEO!

Python: FastApi

Fastest way to build fast APIs with Python.

Re: Ask HN: Web frameworks – which less popular frameworks are you using and why?

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Post by jplr8922 »

zach_garwood wrote: post #52
jplr8922 wrote: post #32

Out of curiosity, which is the best framework to learn in 2022? a) Python-Django? b) Ruby? c) Other? I already know python, and I would like to learn a framework to build MVC's for startups!

If you already know Python, go with Django. No one ever got fired for buying Django.

Thanks! Out of curiosity, do you think that Ruby still has some future?

Re: Ask HN: Web frameworks – which less popular frameworks are you using and why?

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Post by jplr8922 »

stoicjumbotron wrote: post #46
jplr8922 wrote: post #32

Out of curiosity, which is the best framework to learn in 2022? a) Python-Django? b) Ruby? c) Other? I already know python, and I would like to learn a framework to build MVC's for startups!

C) Definitely Next.js for React

I know a lot of front end developer who tell me that Next.js is the way to go! In your opinion, which framework will outlive the other ; django or next.js?

Re: Ask HN: Web frameworks – which less popular frameworks are you using and why?

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Post by ensignavenger »

WhatsName wrote: post #12

I've tried FastAPI recently, as the idea matured, I came to regret the decison. It's not bad, in fact it was very pleasant to get started with, yet I found myself missing and reinventing the wheel as compared to django. I develop with Django since 2015 (1.6 or so), to me it is the goto for any web related project. I used to think my distaste for new and upcoming Javascript frameworks is a sign of getting old and not…

I've used a variety of Python frameworks, Django, Flask, FastAPI, and I'm always coming back to DJango and wishing I had just used it from the beginning.

Django Ninja brings some of the nice features of FastAPI to Django- https://django-ninja.rest-framework.com/

Re: Ask HN: Web frameworks – which less popular frameworks are you using and why?

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Post by kkarimi »

nikolasburk wrote: post #29
kkarimi wrote: post #21

TypeScript: Nestjs If you have used a good batteries included MVC like Django before, you’ll feel at home. I made a production ready app in a few weeks with it and Prisma as ORM, that’s been the base of our startup and served us wonderfully. Can’t recommend it enough, as it is really powerful and is very extensible and as obvious by the number of plugins and examples available.

Hey there, I work at Prisma — awesome to hear it's been serving you well! Since you mentioned NestJS, I just wanted to quickly plug a comprehensive tutorial that we've published today that explains how build a REST API with NestJS, Prisma, Swagger and PostgreSQL. I think it gives a really nice overview of the main workflows and best practices when using these tools together! You can find it here: https://www.prisma.i…

Thanks for everything Nikolas, you and your team at Prisma has been very supportive and helpful in both GitHub and slack. Your cloud editor has also served our team very well.

Re: Ask HN: Web frameworks – which less popular frameworks are you using and why?

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Post by tomtheelder »

jplr8922 wrote: post #86
stoicjumbotron wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

C) Definitely Next.js for React

I know a lot of front end developer who tell me that Next.js is the way to go! In your opinion, which framework will outlive the other ; django or next.js?

Django, without a doubt. If your goal is longevity of frameworks I'd avoid the JS ecosystem. It has a much higher tolerance for library churn than an ecosystem like Python does.

Re: Ask HN: Web frameworks – which less popular frameworks are you using and why?

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Post by vnuk »

malfist wrote: post #19
bambax wrote: post #15

For SPAs I still use Backbone.js... Yes, I know, 2014 called and it wants its framework back. But... I like it. It's lightweight and doesn't impose any particular style or philosophy. It's well suited to small projects. On the back end, for small projects, using a full-fledged framework is usually overkill. Writing a simple API that reads and write normalized data is quite trivial, and when one is writing everything…

My man! Another backbone.js user. It's so simple to standup an webapp with backbone I don't know why more people don't use it.

I tried backbone.js and couldn't get past white screen of death even after a few days of trying. Comparing that to Vue, it's just barbaric.
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