Web Dev Tools 2023

web-dev-tools-2023.md

A list of tools compiled in January 2023

There's no real order to this. More of a dump. Will organize in the future

• Prisma
  • TypeSafe ORM for Node.js
• tRPC
  • Typesafe REST, GraphQL alternative for TypeScript monorepos
• create-t3-app
  • A starter pack of Next.js, Prisma.io, and tRPC
• Next.js
  • Fullstack React.js framework by Vercel
• Redwood
  • Fullstack/ Jamstack React.js framework
  • RedwoodJS was created by Tom Preston-Werner. Preston-Werner is the co-founder of GitHub, creator of Jekyll and Gravatar, author of the Semantic Versioning specification, and the inventor of TOML.
• Gatsby
  • Jamstack apps with a focus on static rendering
• Svelte
  • Reactive UI library
• Svelte Kit
  • Next.js of Svelte
• Blitz
  • Next.js metaframework
• Supabase
  • Postgresql realtime BaaS
• PlanetScale
  • Horizontally scalable MySQL based on Vitess
• Pocketbase
  • Simple backend for SaaS or Mobile
• Fly.io
  • Global fullstack app hosting
• Vultr
  • VPS hosting
• Remix
  • Jamstack built for the edge
  • Acquired by Shopify late-2022
• NHost
  • BaaS like Firebase, Supabase
• Plausible
  • OSS Analytics
• Fathom
  • OSS Analytics
• Qwik
  • Edge rendered framework, reportedly N(1)
• Partytown
  • Move 3rd party JS into another thread
• SurrealDB
  • I don't even know how to explain. Neo4j meets SQL meets mongo?
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7WFwgDRStM
• EdgeDB
  • Graph-like db powered by Postgres
• Solid.js
  • Performany JS library with similar API to react
• SoldStart
  • Fullstack framework for Solid.js
• Astro
  • Zero JS website compiler based on "island" concept
• Deno
  • Typescript first JS runtime made by the creator of Node.js
• Netlify
  • Hosting for Jamstack / Edge / SLS apps
• Vercel
  • Hosting for Jamstack / Edge / SLS apps
• React Flow
  • Node based diagrams
• Mikro ORM
  • ORM for TS and Node based on unit-of-work
• NestJS
  • Complete nodejs backend framework
• Ts.ED
  • TypeScript backend for Node
• TurboPack
  • Webpack successor (at some point)
• TurboRepo
  • Monorepo management for TS/JS projects with object caching and invalidation
• Fresh
  • Edge rendered, performant JS library
• NextAuth
  • Authenticationf or Next.js
  • Has since spawned a more general purpose Auth.js
• Radix UI
  • Headless react components
• Stitches
  • CSS-in-JS Library for SSR with near-zero runtime
• Tailwind CSS
  • Great CSS library and defaults
• Headless UI
  • Functional UI components with no styling, similar to Radix UI
• Chakra UI
  • More complete React component system with extensible defaults and out-of-the-box accessibility