Popular Javascript web frameworks
Major players; require Node.js on the server
Angular (Typescript) - a full framework, supported by Google
React (JSX) - only a library. Invented by Facebook, but open source now
Vue.JS (Javascript) - modeled by original Angular, independent and open source
Angular controlled by Google and may change, forces Typescript
React needs other framework components
Vue is youngest and less docs available
Non-JS web frameworks
Python
Django - Very extensive, open-source framework
Flask - Minimal, light, open-source framework
C#
.Net Core - Controlled by Microsoft, but platform independent
Ruby on Rails - Open-source Ruby web framework, lost some steam recently
PHP (legacy) – but good with new frameworks
Laravel - easy, video tutorials
Yii - performant, but steep learning curve
Java
Java Server Faces (JSF) - Legacy
Java Spring - similar to .Net, controlled by Oracle
Django comes with admin section.
.Net Core: Heavily object-oriented, optional Angular for front-end. Very popular.
Mobile hybrid frameworks
Hybrid: cross-platform (Android, iOS, …)
Flutter (Dart)
React Native (JSX, HTML, native)
Ionic (Angular/React, HTML) – based on Cordova
Xamarin (C#, XML, allows native code)
JSX is React’s flavor of Javascript
Xamarin requires to learn another XML
SQL Databases
No database
SQLite – database in a single file, simplified
MySQL/Oracle/PostGreSQL/MS SQL Server – legacy, centralized, powerful, requires server
SQL used to be standard but now one should ask if needed
SQLite is local, so no centralized data
need to run server
NoSQL databases
Simpler, less powerful, cloud options available
MongoDB - industry leader
Firebase (Google) - easy for mobile apps
Cassandra
CouchDB - Good for highly distributed systems
Mongo and Firebase give small free allowance on cloud - get a database without running a server!
Game Dev/Graphical
Unity (C#/Javascript)
Unreal Engine (C++/Blueprints)
Godot (custom, Python-like language)
GameMaker (custom language)
Processing (Java)
JS frameworks (PhaserJS, …)
Unity and Unreal are serious game dev environments used for industry games
Godot is popular
Online Servers
There are free or low-cost options
Heroku - Completely free servers available, but can’t host database for free
Netlify/Github Pages - Free hosting of static web content
Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 12-month free tier
Microsoft Azure - free tier
Altervista - Free PHP and MySQL server
Technology Overview
ITEC 3870 Software Development II, Anca Doloc-Mihu and Cengiz Günay
(License: CC BY-SA 4.0)
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