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Ask HN: What would you use to build a super simple web app?

I need to create a very simple web app. What are some good micro frameworks out there that I could use?

My needs are very basic: users need to be able to create an account, post new discussions, reply to things and see what's new. (Basic CRUD stuff).

I considered Rails when I first worked on this project many moons ago, but I find it's is overkill for what I want. Too much magick. I want as much of the code to be stuff I've written and understand. For the db, I'm curious about noSQL solutions but again, I want to keep it light.

I don't care if it's in Ruby, PHP, Golang, Perl 6, JS, Python... it's for a personal project so I'll have fun playing with it.

What are you guys using for your small side projects? (Thanks!)

13 points livatlantis 10 years ago 31 comments

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