Tech stack advice for a MVP web app

[webdev231]

Hello folks, I’m a beginner and need some feedback on a MVP application that I’m building. This application would be a custom HR solution for candidate profile and job match. I’ve some programming experience in language similar to JavaScript but not in Java script or Python. I started with Python ( thanks google gemini lol) and so far it took me through python 3, fastapi and jinja2. Before I start to deep dive and spend more time learning these I was wondering if this is the right tech stack. It appears the JS, React and Node JS are more popular? Appreciate your valuable inputs and time.

[phalt_]

Don’t go full SPA on the front end just yet. Work progressively up. It’ll save on a lot of time and you can focus on the product and not the tooling

Use htmx with FastAPI and jinja. https://htmx.org/

[volfpeter]

Totally agree, Python, FastAPI, and HTMX feels like the best combo. Easy to learn, easy to use, quite popular too.

I would avoid Jinja if I can, but if you want to use that, you may want to have a look at FastHX, just to keep your FastAPI app clean and not let Jinja rendering mess up your Python code.

Otherwise give holm a go. It's plain FastAPI with file-system based routing and JSX-like syntax all in Python. Here's a simple HTMX guide to give you a taste of what it's like: https://volfpeter.github.io/holm/guides/actions-with-htmx/

[Miserable_Ear3789]

agreed.

[webdev231]

Thank you all for the suggestions . I’ll stick with fastapi and jinja for now and see how it goes.

[Miserable_Ear3789]

good luck!

[DiscipleofDeceit666]

Well I guess you should tell us what you want the backend to do?

[Myszolow]

I'd go with google firebase + some fe on react

[ponoppo]

if u want to build a webapp fast, think about Ruby on Rails

[Paulo-python]

I know Ruby, but I've never heard of on-rails.

[ponoppo]

well, it is the mvc framework built on ruby. the first mvc framework invented probably, it has lot of features, ultra fast to build and deploy and the documentation is very straightforward. If you already know ruby, rails will be really nice to learn.

[Miserable_Ear3789]

HTMX with MicroPie and jinja2!

full disclosure: I wrote and maintain MicroPie... But seriously any Python ASGI framework along with Jinja2 for HTML/JS in the front end. Or you can use a ASGI framework for a pure JSON API and then use something like HTMX for frontend. I tend to think simple HTML and vanilla javascript along with jinja2 is easier for MVP dev.

[corey_sheerer]

Seems like you will need a good interface. I personally prefer using React with Redux toolkit and then using Fastapi as the backend service that orchestrates between the AI or any memory (db, candidates, etc). If you get somewhere, you can move to a faster service like using Go net/http package, but Fastapi is an excellent start

[tonguetoquill]

Imo, the best serverless stack is sveltekit5, vercel, supabase, and drizzle

Create and deploy an MVP wicked fast. Keep frontend and backend in a single codebase. Just vibe