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P.S. Napier • Edited

Lots of good answers here!

I ended up making small SPAs and tools (nothing that required anything beyond the HTML/CSS/Javascript you mentioned, so just little Javascript things).
In hindsight I think it would have been beneficial to learn rudimentary Apache, PHP and MYSQL as soon as possible-- various other stacks are popular now but I feel much more well-rounded after learning how to use a simple LAMP stack and run my own server.

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JoelBonetR 🥇

I find this interesting because I was using LAMP for my side projects for like 6 years till I get a cheap VPS and started using Node which, after getting experience on both I can say it's easier and faster in terms of development.

I'm not into full MERN usually for two reasons:

  • Mongo is often not the best choice for my needs so I keep using PostgreSQL, MariaDB or MySQL
  • I'm getting used to Next JS so I get both Node JS and React in the same framework plus if any project needs to be escalated by any chance, it will be relatively easy to decouple both and deploy separate microservices and the frontend as stand-alone builds.
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P.S. Napier • Edited

The only experience I have with Node.JS is from making a few Electron apps, and I really disliked it, that was what informed my decision to use a LAMP stack for my hosting projects.

That said Node.JS and React are certainly popular and/or 'best practice' now so I'm sure I'll have to roll over and learn them completely in the near future. ¯\(ツ)

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JoelBonetR 🥇

😂 well you coded using Electron Framework, you need to try vanilla JS or Express maybe and run it over Node JS, which at the end is just a Runtime Environment.