Tech Stacks

The purpose of this repo is to list out my preferred languages, libraries, and tools to use for projects. I tend to forget which ones I've used in the past, and why I chose them, so I'm hoping this will help with the inevitable analysis paralysis that comes with starting a project. I also want to add things I'd like to try in the future.

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Front End

• Large applications: Angular

  • Batteries included (routing, HTTP requests, DI, etc)
  • Use Angular CLI to start up

• Small applications: React

  • Helps to force smaller components due to TS/HTML being in one file
  • Use Vite to start up

• Static websites: Astro

  • Great DX, runs fast, good for content-focused sites, not necessarily reactivity/SPA stuff
  • I want to try their templates

• Occaisionally: Blazor

  • Good for building an MVP for a C# background service type application

CSS

• Bootstrap is good but seems to be everywhere, making a bunch of sites look the same
• Pure CSS is great for simple websites/minimal styling
• Pico CSS is another favorite of mine, great for semantic styling/CSS reset

Back End

• Large Applications: .NET Core

  • Similar to Angular reasoning, batteries included framework

• Small Applications: Python

  • Falcon for APIs

Database

• SQL Server at work, Postgres at home
• SQLite for simple/local projects
• Want to try a NoSQL database in the future

Desktop

• I don't really build desktop apps. I have experence with WinForms and WPF but that's about it

Moblile

• I only have (extremely limited) experience building native apps with Ionic. I didn't do much with it, but it was nice and easy to use
• Want to try Expo and/or React Native in the future