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📣 itsmeamario

Stack to start learning full-stack being a back end developer?


After working 3 years as a backend developer mainly with Java8, SQL, NoSQL, Docker and Jenkins writing webs and APIs, I want to keep improving as a whole developer.

I'd like to start learning more on the front-side of things so it'd help understand better my coworkers and understand better the whole picture of software, but I could use a little nudge to get into the right direction of what'd be best to learn.

Which stack's best as front to work with Java as back? Angular, React, just modern JS, another one...?

Thanks.

  👤 karmakaze Accepted Answer ✓
I just wrote some small apps using a Go back-end and Vuejs front-end. Any changes made in my editor (VS Code) would autosave and both the front-end and back-end would recompile and hot-reload. Awesome ergonomics.

I also use Java/Kotlin for back-ends and the same would work with any filewatcher/build utility.

Vue.js is the front-end framework for back-end devs who don't like front-end frameworks. I also skip the whole Vuex/Redux thing and just use vue-stash for small projects.