Ask HN: Framework with the most built in functionality?

2 points by jamesgagan 11y ago ↗ HN

Hi everyone. I'm about to start a new web development project and I want to move fast. I'm looking for recommendations on a web development framework that has the most functionality built in, so I won't have to reinvent the wheel. Specifically, it would be great if there's a framework that makes it very easy to have user accounts that let a user manage their account details (email, username, password) and that provides password recovery. Also do any frameworks have payment/subscription management modules available? Or if there are add-ons to a framework that provide this kind of thing I'd like to know. I'm open to any programming language/platform though I prefer Java and Python. Thanks!

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ArtDev 11y ago ↗

Drupal.

danish_siddiqui 11y ago ↗

I would recommend checking out the available packages on Heroku. That will give you a good idea of the popular front-end / back-end frameworks in play today. Of course, you'll have to do your research afterward.

For user management, you can look at https://github.com/jedireza/drywall. Honestly, you will have to build something on your own. I have not come across a framework that does everything.

It'd probably be a good idea to spend some time learning JavaScript (I recommend adding some CoffeeScript to it :)) Basically all the latest development is happening in JS. It is a pretty big shock to anyone who has been in J2EE land for too long but it's quite impressive.

EDIT: forgot to mention Hoodie!