Back end (Finalised and Completed in Sprint 1-2)
https://unswseng.atlassian.net/l/c/n1RmSeTy
Front end
Name | Type | Current team member knowledge of frameworks | Difficulty of frameworks to learn | How well the framework is documented | Availability / pricing of platforms | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Express | Nodejs framework | Team has no experience |
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| Free + open source |
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Next.js | Nodejs framework | Joshua has minimal experience. | -Easy to use simply -Some parts like different rendering types can be more complicated | -Fairly well documented -Can find some debugging more difficult due to differences between frameworks | Free + open source |
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Boot strap | CSS Framework | Team has no experience | -Easy to use however can be more complicated then simple plain javascript however easier for better looking designs | -Well documented with lots of support |
| Adds extra visual flair |
React | Library | Joshua has minimal. Rest of team has no experience | -Fialry easy to learn, has some advance features -Easy to get started with | -Very well documented as very commonly used | Free + open source | |
Angular | Javascript framework | Team has no experience | -Quite difficult to learn in comparison to React -Steep learning curve. | -Well documented however less common then react | Free + open source | |
Vue | Javascript framework | Team has no experience | -Challenging to debug | -Well documented however can be harder to find correct help | Free + open source |
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Vanilla | Plain javascript | Team has minimal expeirence | -Very simple -Lack of features means doing some things can escelate quickly | -Extremely well documented as used within all other options | Free |
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NodeJS | JavaScript runtime enviorment | Joshua has minimal experience |
| Very well documented as extremely commonly used | Free + open source | Allows integration of other libraries and frameworks easily |