Hi Rob, nice to meet you!
I have 4years of experience as a Front-End and I am trying to learn to make API and learn a backend language to enhance a side project of mine that people around me are using everyday more. So I want to ask you which kind of BE technology to learn that could be a nice compromise between my poor knowledge of that field and to be perfect for an app that has the potential to be largley consumed?
Node might be a good way to go. It's already in JavaScript, so it should be less of a transition and learning curve for you. You can create API's in there using things like Express JS and hook up to a data store such as Firebase or AWS Dynamo DB, without having to muddy the waters with a fully-fledged DB solution.
That said, if you want to spread your wings a little more, then Python is a popular choice, coupled with Mongo DB for storage. You could host them on a service such as Netlify for very little to free cost too!
Sorry I got triggered by your comment Rob. DynamoDB is a fully fledged DB solution with global tables (multi region) and caching (DAX) built in. Amazon and other major corporations use it to for peta-byte scale databases. In terms of design and built for purpose for cloud it will beat MongoDB on performance without actually having to install and manage anything.
Hey Rolf, no need to apologise sir and I definitely don't like the sound of triggering anyone 😬
But that's my bad, I phrased it poorly.
Of course Dynamo DB is a full solution. What I meant was, in Nadia's context of not having a lot of back end experience, something like Dynamo DB will give her some persistent storage with the hassle of setting up a full, traditional-style, relational DB. It also brings a much shallower learning curve too, especially when, as you say, there's no installation and managing of things.
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Hi Rob, nice to meet you!
I have 4years of experience as a Front-End and I am trying to learn to make API and learn a backend language to enhance a side project of mine that people around me are using everyday more. So I want to ask you which kind of BE technology to learn that could be a nice compromise between my poor knowledge of that field and to be perfect for an app that has the potential to be largley consumed?
Thank you for your time!
Nadia, hello!
Node might be a good way to go. It's already in JavaScript, so it should be less of a transition and learning curve for you. You can create API's in there using things like Express JS and hook up to a data store such as Firebase or AWS Dynamo DB, without having to muddy the waters with a fully-fledged DB solution.
That said, if you want to spread your wings a little more, then Python is a popular choice, coupled with Mongo DB for storage. You could host them on a service such as Netlify for very little to free cost too!
Hope that helps :D
Thank you for your response, Rob :) I think I will follow your advice and start to become a true MERN stack developer!
Sorry I got triggered by your comment Rob. DynamoDB is a fully fledged DB solution with global tables (multi region) and caching (DAX) built in. Amazon and other major corporations use it to for peta-byte scale databases. In terms of design and built for purpose for cloud it will beat MongoDB on performance without actually having to install and manage anything.
See the use cases here: aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/
It's highly recommended to use with local installs available on Docker.
Hey Rolf, no need to apologise sir and I definitely don't like the sound of triggering anyone 😬
But that's my bad, I phrased it poorly.
Of course Dynamo DB is a full solution. What I meant was, in Nadia's context of not having a lot of back end experience, something like Dynamo DB will give her some persistent storage with the hassle of setting up a full, traditional-style, relational DB. It also brings a much shallower learning curve too, especially when, as you say, there's no installation and managing of things.
Thanks for highlighting!