Ask HN: Which web stack should I learn for personal projects?

Re:Ask HN: Which web stack should I learn for personal proje... by facorreia on Thursday December 01, 2016 @08:15AM (#13079121)

Since you're fairly experienced with Java I'd stick with that for the back-end. Since you're still learning JavaScript I would recommend doing most UI rendering on the server side, and using JavaScript to add interactivity (e.g. with JQuery). For that approach you could consider Sprint Boot and Play Framework on the server side.

The other alternative would be doing all UI rendering on the browser, via a single-page JavaScript application. A popular choice for that is the React framework. In this case you could use the Dropwizard framework on the server side (although Spring Boot and Play would also work).

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Re:Ask HN: Which web stack should I learn for personal proje... by sisedi on Thursday December 01, 2016 @09:28AM (#13079506)

Thank you, I'm definitely going back/forth between sticking with what I'm familiar with and learning something new (because that feels more fun?) hah

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Re:Ask HN: Which web stack should I learn for personal proje... by facorreia on Thursday December 01, 2016 @10:01AM (#13079734)

I hear you, and that can be refreshing, if your only goal is learning.

If your goal is to create a small project / product, you'll have plenty to learn already about web applications without the burden of learning a new language and toolchain.

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Re:Ask HN: Which web stack should I learn for personal proje... by sisedi on Thursday December 01, 2016 @10:05AM (#13079768)

That's a good point.

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