Ask HN: What tools and frameworks do you use to fast prototype ideas?

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I have some ideas that I wanted to try which require a backend and front-end interface for users. But whenever I start to work on them I always get stuck on which tool/platform/framework to use. I always feel like it's a huge barrier for me. So HN, how do you deal with this? What are the frameworks you usually use for this and what are the caveats?

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I start with a REPL.

Otherwise I have been writing JavaScript long and have enough supporting Node libraries to do just about anything that I can prototype pretty fast. I don’t normally use frameworks and I especially wouldn’t use a front end framework for prototyping because I would spend time unraveling framework nonsense than testing the actual idea.

What do you mean REPL?

In the case of JavaScript write code in the browser’s console or Node’s CLI console

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