Comment on Ask HN: Hardware guy needs to learn web application development – what language?Comments−lewisjoe7yDjango(Python) for backend. React for the front-end.Pros:+ You are already a bit familiar with Python+ Django provides out of the box solutions for authentication, db management, migrations + bunch of stuff that takes quite a bit of effort+ React is easy to grasp, since there isn't many buzzwords and concepts. Basically it's just JS.Cons:- You have to put effort in learning Javascript and browser fundamentals. There's no running away from it.I built http://writango.com with the stack I mentioned. Literally took me a weekend to get the project's first version up.
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Django(Python) for backend. React for the front-end.
Pros:
+ You are already a bit familiar with Python
+ Django provides out of the box solutions for authentication, db management, migrations + bunch of stuff that takes quite a bit of effort
+ React is easy to grasp, since there isn't many buzzwords and concepts. Basically it's just JS.
Cons:
- You have to put effort in learning Javascript and browser fundamentals. There's no running away from it.
I built http://writango.com with the stack I mentioned. Literally took me a weekend to get the project's first version up.