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Ask HN: What are the tools to make a quick WebApp MVP?

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I have been tasked with making a simple webapp with following requirements.

1. Login system ( multiple users ) 2. Simple image upload with some related data. 3. Some tables to show uploaded data with images. 4. Some business logic on top of uploaded data.

I have been out of touch from webapp development for the past 3 years. What are the easy to learn tools to quickly build this MVP in a weeks time. I have good knowledge of JS/TS, Java, C#, Jquery and React.

Is there a good pluggable framework that comes with all these basic things so that I can quickly build up something ?

I was thinking of using React + Bootstrap for frontend, some node.js framework for backend ( probably will use passport.js for auth )

The spec is super basic, so I would do the below in a weekend (for an MVP):

Frontend:

* Use a pre-built React theme (maybe MaterialUI since it has a basic login page already). Make a few tweaks where required. This will probably take 5ish hours depending on the total number of pages and unique components needed.

* Deploy the frontend to AWS Amplify. This will take less than an hour (unless I've screwed something).

Backend:

* Fastest option: If I'm under a time crunch, I'd go with Django REST. If you've set this up before, you could have this configured in less than 2 hours with all relevant endpoints (maybe even less). I'd probably mock a few routes with fake data in place of business logic (if appropriate). Deploy to either Lightsail or Heroku.

* Personal preference: Use the Serverless Framework (with Node.js) to create the required endpoints, handle auth, media storage, etc. This will take a bit longer than Django REST, but the deployment process will be a bit faster. Maybe 3-5 hours (if I'm using mock business logic).

DB:

* Spin up some kind of SQL DB on AWS RDS (probably PG).

That's the million dollar question. There isn't one framework that is going to be ideal for every application. It seems like you already have a good answer for yourself.

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