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📣 truekonrads

Most productive rapid web app dev stack in JavaScript/Python


Hello,

I'm looking for a good dev stack to write web based apps with decent looking UI rapidly - sort of the promise of what bootstrap was. I'd like to limit the languages to JS/Python (let's pretend backend is API, so nevermind [No]SQL).

Currently overwhelmed by choices.


  👤 throwaway888abc Accepted Answer ✓
Streamlit (Python)

https://streamlit.io/

Runkit (Javascript)

https://runkit.com/home

Directus (Backend)

https://directus.io/

N8N (Workflows/API/Webhooks)

https://n8n.io/

There are way maaany other low-code / no-code builders with sooner-or-later-hit-by-wall limitations.

It really dependend on what you want to build.

Best luck with your project and curios what you went with.


👤 Tabular-Iceberg
I don't know how sophisticated the UI has to do, but maybe consider https://htmx.org/ over a SPA.

👤 dysoco
I've used Django with Django Rest Framework plus Vue with Vuetify in dayjob and it's a pretty productive framework, I did not know any javascript frontend previously so I got quickly to speed with it.


👤 heresjohnny
The one you’re already most familiar with.

👤 jstx1
React and Django are good default options.