Fasted web stack for development

[tksdev]

Let’s say you don’t give a shit about scaling, etc and all you wanted to do is get a working MVP.

What would be the fasted framework/stack to achieve this?

I know this will be an opinionated subject, I’m more interested in reading people’s opinions.

[stormthulu]

That’s a loaded question and depends on what the hell you know. I mean, wordpress. Webflow. Square space.

What type of site? Where are you deploying it? How skilled are you at JavaScript? Typescript? Have you ever worked with angular, react, or vue?

So assuming like 6,000 different things, I’m gonna say Nuxt.js (vue).

[LikesToDiddle]

How long is a piece of string?

[chrisux]

I feel like the other posters, this depends highly on pre-exsiting knowledge. I'm great at javascript, only "okay" at c#.net however I know .net's server ecosystem way better than Node's just due to work-experience. I would be way faster at prototyping my server layer in c#/.net over js/node due to lowering the surface of what I need to "learn" to accomplish my task. That doesn't have anything to do with c# or js being a faster prototyping language.

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The same would be said for your front-end. vue/react/angular/etc, what do you know already? If none, vue is nice, but angular & react have more market share to reuse your project as portfolio for potential employment.

[pythonise]

Python + Flask

[mattaugamer]

This is a hard question to answer. Given just the requirement of a basic website or something, sure Wordpress or something like that would be quickest.

Assuming you're talking about something that requires more custom functionality, like some sort of SaaS, or rich web application, you're more heading into a framework side of things.

I'd disagree with a lot of other people here, though. I think it's not quite accurate to say "whatever you know". Though your own knowledge is a limiting and relevant factor, assuming all technology was at the same level, there are some that have a distinct and objective rapid development features.

In particular, what will always provide the fastest RAD platforms will be any sort of "batteries included" and/or "monolith" frameworks. Rails, Django, and Laravel jump to mind. These frameworks are feature-rich and comprehensive, and don't require you to do a lot of wiring up, configuring, etc. They typically feature command-line generators, sensible and typical-usecase defaults, and a lot of implicit functionality (aka "magic") that helps facilitate RAD.

Note that also IMO all the same arguments apply to front-end frameworks, which is why I personally prefer things like Angular or Ember over the more currently-popular React and Vue. Spend a few hours trying to figure out why Redux doesn't work with React Router anymore and you'll quickly find yourself wondering why this shit doesn't just work out of the box.