Web Stack for Side Projects?

Question

I&rsquo;m a PM. Most of my day is spent writing prose and meeting with customers.However, I miss writing code and I have a few ideas for web apps that I want to try building this winter break.Most of my time as a developer was spent writing backend C#, but I have enough familiarity with Python and JS to be dangerous.What kind of tools should I try out to make these web apps? My goals are: pickup marketable skills, scratch an itch, have as much fun as possible in the limited time I have to code.

jacobobryant · Accepted Answer

Highly recommend https://htmx.org/. Makes it easy to create "good enough" UIs with minimal effort, and while spending most of your time writing backend code. Pair it with whatever the recommended C# web framework is. I'm using it for my own solo dev projects/startup and enjoying it a lot.

_448 · Answer

> Most of my time as a developer was spent writing backend C#, but I have enough familiarity with Python and JS to be dangerous.
> My goals are: pickup marketable skills, scratch an itch, have as much fun as possible in the limited time I have to code.
Then try Wt: https://webtoolkit.eu
Here is what it is capable of: https://webtoolkit.eu/widgets

deepsy · Answer

If you're familiar with the javascript ecosystem, I'd recommend looking at Remix or NextJS.

renaissance_tea · Answer

NextJS, tailwind and cloudflare workers