Ask HN: What's your go-to stack for prototyping web applications and MVPs?

Re:Ask HN: What's your go-to stack for prototyping web appli... by bharani_m on Friday February 10, 2017 @02:02PM (#13617927)

I am also a Ruby/Rails developer. It is a great framework but I wanted to try something new for my side project so I started learning Elixir/Phoenix.

I have now deployed two applications using Elixir. One is a simple blog and the other is the side-project that I am currently working on called Email This [1]. Overall, I've been very happy with Elixir. The learning curve is not too steep and the docs are very exhaustive.

For my next project, I am planning on trying Go. There were many great resources shared in this post on HN today [2].

[1] https://www.emailthis.me

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13612941

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Re:Ask HN: What's your go-to stack for prototyping web appli... by JohnnySpaghetti on Friday February 10, 2017 @02:12PM (#13617995)

Thanks for your answer.

Is there anything you missed from Rails when you did your project based on Elixir/Phoenix?

What are you using on the front-end for both projects? Do you currently have a go-to front-end framework/library?

Email This looks great. What are your plans (if any) to monetize it?

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Re:Ask HN: What's your go-to stack for prototyping web appli... by bharani_m on Friday February 10, 2017 @02:25PM (#13618101)

One thing I missed was that the availability of packages for common things like oauth, payment gateway integration etc. In the Rails world we are spoilt for choice when it comes to gems and libraries.

But I think this will improve as the adoption of Elixir increases.

I don't have a go to frontend library. I have worked with React and Vue.J's before and if I have to choose one for another project, I'd probably go with Vue.

I am thinking of running Email This on a pay-what-you-want model, but I am not too sure about it though. First priority is to get people to use it and see if they find value in it.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your go-to stack for prototyping web appli... by JohnnySpaghetti on Friday February 10, 2017 @02:33PM (#13618163)

Cool. Thanks again for your answers.

Best of luck with your projects!

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Re:Ask HN: What's your go-to stack for prototyping web appli... by gt2 on Friday February 10, 2017 @02:18PM (#13618044)

Is Elixir with Phoenix anywhere near the convention over configuration style of Rails?

edit: added Phoenix, the framework name

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Re:Ask HN: What's your go-to stack for prototyping web appli... by bharani_m on Friday February 10, 2017 @02:26PM (#13618107)

The Phoenix framework comparable to Rails in terms of conventions.

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