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Layer | Framework | Notes | Current team member knowledge of frameworks | Difficulty of frameworks to learn | How well the framework is documented | Availability / pricing of platforms |
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Deployment | Heroku | Not customizable Slow | Joshua has published an flask server to it before. | Easy to setup and link to github for continuous deployment | Some documentation and more intuitive | Free option without use of credit card. |
Deployment | AWS | Scales better and faster | Joshua has attempted to use and failed… | More complicated to setup | Well documented though some can be fragmented. | Can be free however credit card required and can’t stop charge if API overused. |
Deployment | Azure | Scales better and faster. | No experience. | More complicated to setup | Has documentation though often aimed at more experienced uses. | No free option for needed services. |
Deployment | AlwaysData | Small scale server operator similar to AWS, Azure | Used in comp1531 however no other use. | Fairly simple however large learning curve. | Lacking documentation as less used service and documentation that does exist is often hard to understand. | Free option without credit card that we can use. |
Deployment | Personal Host | Space! Honestly just. No | Joshua and Edward have basic understanding | For simple server relatively easy | Lots of guides for setup. | Power and wear on equipment. |
Application | Javascript | Group unfamiliar | Easy to pick up | Powerful and efficient. A lot of guides , lots of libraries | Free | |
Application | PHP | Group unfamiliar | Easy language to pickup and use. Simple syntax relative to others | Efficient. A lot of guides , lots of libraries | Free | |
Application | Python | Slow Lots of libraries Flexible | Group members have used before | Easy language to pickup and use | Very well documented Can connect to many things Lots of libraries | Free |
Server/ API | Flask | Runs on top of python. Well supported with deployment methods | Group familiar | Easy to pickup for simple solutions. Can get more complicated for harder tasks. | Well documents. Lots of use so many common issues have solutions. | Free |
Server/ API | Django | Runs on top of python. Well supported with deployment methods | Group unfamiliar | Easy to pickup. Similar to flask though considered slightly easier to understand basics of. | Commonly used in industry with lots of formal and informal documentation | Free |
Server/ API | Nodejs | Works with javascript | Group unfamiliar | Easy to pick up | Efficient. A lot of guides , lots of libraries | Free |
Persistatnce layer | txt doc | Store logs in txt file. Is very slow and hard to search. | Group unfamiliar | Some learning curve due to everyone in group being unfamiliar, however after initial setup is very easy to use. | Very well documented as use is ubiquitous. | Free |
Persistance layer | MongoDB | Group unfamiliar | Longer learning curve due to group being unfamiliar. Don’t have the time learn this throughout sprints. | Diverse. A lot of flexibility | Free | |
Persistance layer | Postgres/ Sqlalchemy | SQL style database plus ORM for SQL databases in python | Joshua has used before. Runs on python which group is familiar with. | Some learning curve however after initial setup is very easy to use. | Well documented however often have alternate use cases. | Free |
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