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What's the best stack to build a marketplace/ecommerce website?


Hi everyone,

I have to build a new website (a marketplace) and I am wondering which stack i should use : - I need it to be server side rendered (for SEO) - this is more like a MVP, so I need to be able to build it quickly

This what I came with : For backend / static HTML page : - Java / Scala with Playframework (this is the one I really master) - Python / Django - Php Symphony or Laravel - Kotlin / Spring

  For frontend animation :
   - JQuery
   - Vue.js
Does anyone have any experience with one of those ?

Thanks for your help :)

  👤 gt2 Accepted Answer ✓
You should use the one you know best so you can get it built sooner.

Play framework you mentioned is a fine choice because it's somewhat of a rapid development framework and there's a big community around it.

I would skip the frontend animations for the MVP as they don't bring anything unique to the table, which is what you need to focus on if you are bringing yet another marketplace to the world.

It's actually possible you can get the MVP features you need by using something like WooCommerce, but it would only be a speed increase if you or your developer(s) know the framework better than something else.

👤 mkurz
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