Re:Ask HN: What is your front-end stack of choice if you sta...
by trcollinson on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @12:14PM
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I would suggest Meteor. It is not purely a front end stack, but a full stack. However, since you mention flux and rails it seems you might also be interested in a backend.
Meteor has a bit of a reputation as a "playground" stack. The sort of stack you pick when you need to implement something quickly but might want to rewrite it before production. However, I find the Meteor stack to be very production ready and have a few applications I have built and use that have high traffic built with Meteor.
As for frontend heavy applications, I would consider looking into the Meteor React integration. Meteor is giving React first class support. The native blaze engine isn't bad but I do prefer React.
One final note, Meteor's community is fantastic. The irc channel always has a number of helpful people in it. And there are many people actively helping to answer just about all Stackoverflow questions. I highly recommend it.
Meteor has a bit of a reputation as a "playground" stack. The sort of stack you pick when you need to implement something quickly but might want to rewrite it before production. However, I find the Meteor stack to be very production ready and have a few applications I have built and use that have high traffic built with Meteor.
As for frontend heavy applications, I would consider looking into the Meteor React integration. Meteor is giving React first class support. The native blaze engine isn't bad but I do prefer React.
One final note, Meteor's community is fantastic. The irc channel always has a number of helpful people in it. And there are many people actively helping to answer just about all Stackoverflow questions. I highly recommend it.