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There seem to be so many options and I'm quite unsure which to go for. I need something that can be used to insert and read just basic data in/out a database in real time. What would be the best solutions?

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    This question is too broad and opinion based for Stack Overflow. You'll likely get downvotes and/or have the question closed, just a heads up. There's heaps of information out there on this and it depends a lot on your requirements, have a look around and do some research. If you have *specific* questions about any of the options then that might be something SO can help with. – Jayce444 May 06 '18 at 12:38
  • Have a look at: https://github.com/gothinkster/realworld which has an API to match any supported front-end with any supported backend for a single demo project. One specific backend which also subscribes to this "any frontend" idea is: https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers notably for React: https://github.com/feathersjs-ecosystem/feathers-chat-react just worked when I tested it. – Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com Mar 21 '21 at 23:57

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ReactJS is just front end library which can be linked to any API sever (built with any language Java/.Net, PHP, NodeJS).

ReactJS has no particular requirements and this is the reason of being so famous. The only things that matters are

  • Which language you know and have expertise to code the backend.
  • Application requirements according to business logic
  • Budget limitation to have a backend application developed and then finally ofcourse, hosting cost.

It's that simple to plan and finalize.

You might see number of suggestions or recommendations, but there is no where on ReactJS website where it says, that these languages are supported or recommended as backed application for ReactJS.

All it needs is to have an API server (services) where our ReactJS application can communicate (to fetch or push data).

If you know JAVA then go ahead and create API server, but if you know PHP, then you can use PHP to create an API services. However, if you know Node.js then you can go ahead and write backend API server/services in it. The only thing Node.js is known is that it is specially built to create API services.

What if you don't know any language (to code Backend)?

No worries, if you are newbie you can use https://firebase.google.com, which gives following benefits:

  • Less learning curve, no much effort required to learn a full language and then its security, then its maintainance, and then hosting. No such thing
  • Use Firebase api and use its database to save and retrieve data.
  • More interesting thing is, that it's free for testing and for small level application
  • No need to worry about server security and other stuff etc.
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  • That's a bit too broad since I don't know any back-end language and I don't want to invest a lot of time in it. Still, thanks for answering – Virtue May 06 '18 at 12:54
  • updated last answer – Nah May 06 '18 at 13:01
  • That's nice of you. I've been struggling to make Firebase work for since yesterday, because I was getting a bunch of errors and even though I installed all the dependencies, Firebase still couldn't install. So that's not an option anymore :/ That's actually the main reason for me puting up this question on Stack. – Virtue May 06 '18 at 14:07
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    I will recommend you to go with `Firebase` as it is very effective option. If you are getting errors then post that error message question on `Stackoverflow.com` instead of accepting defeat in first attempt. What is the guarantee that you will not get any errors or trouble with any other language or platform :) – Nah May 07 '18 at 05:06
  • That's actually really motivating :D I was kinda desperate since I even wrote on the forums for the dependencies that had errors and got now answer, so I just wanted to move on and I did. I did the stuff I needed in localstorage. But, when you wrote me 'instead of accepting defeat' I remembered this pic, as I have it on my desktop https://prntscr.com/jeuutd Thank you! =] – Virtue May 07 '18 at 14:55
  • I've opened a question by the way > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50217389/grpc-error-while-installing-firebase-for-react – Virtue May 07 '18 at 15:12
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I recommend using meteor. https://www.meteor.com And mongoDB as the database.

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I'd suggest node.js. Also, for any decently sized application, you will need predictable state management on the client side, which is exactly what redux intends to solve.

Look for tutorials and examples online (there are plenty).

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