Ask HN: How should a software engineer go about making a website?

Re:Ask HN: How should a software engineer go about making a ... by jqm on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @03:56PM (#7812436)

Wordpress? (Kidding...). I like Python Flask or Python Bottle.

For a small site I would just write the HTML. I realize this isn't a popular opinion nowadays, but sometimes it beats monkeying with frameworks in my opinion. Especially when you don't need to. And easier to set up hosting on shared hosting services. Check the purecss.io post from earlier this morning. They have some nice layouts.

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Re:Ask HN: How should a software engineer go about making a ... by tomek_zemla on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @05:09PM (#7812966)

Exactly! You will probably enjoy learning a few things by building a simple site from scratch and you will have a better feel for selecting any frameworks after. I would recommend getting this beautiful book by Jon Duckett that covers both the design and development basics for a website: http://www.amazon.com/HTML-CSS-Design-Build-Websites/dp/1118...

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Re:Ask HN: How should a software engineer go about making a ... by caruana on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @04:26PM (#7812630)

I agree, if it's only a small site, why mess with all the other crap

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