What's the current status of Web Development

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Been away from web development area for around 4 years, now I am picking up for my own company and projectswould like to ask HN what's the current status of the web development ?Specifically, what are the backend API framework, what are the frontend Framework, what are the CSS frameworks(ps: before I left, I was working on React + python flask + bootstrap )

jamil7 · Accepted Answer

I also left about 2 years ago so maybe not the best to comment but I'll give my biased take. As far as I can tell it's pretty similar to when you left. React is still number 1 and maturing, Vue is number 2. Dependency hell is still an issue in node and frontend. Typescript won, a lot of libraries are adopting it although your average project is probably 30-50% migrated to TS with a bunch of "any"s floating all over the place. Rails & Django are still pretty popular for MVPs, quite a lot of new developments in both. Go is used for a lot of smaller APIs and infurstructure tooling. Postgres is still the go-to. CSS in JS is accepted (at least in the React world). Kubernetes is delpoyed far more than it probably should be. I predict backend is on the edge of "microservice fatigue".