The evolution of my tech stack from my beginnings to today

For those wondering, I'm not megalomaniac enough to think that all developers are interested, closely or remotely, in my tech stack.

But as I'm mentoring more and more junior developers, I know that the question of choosing a language (and frameworks) is a real concern for many.

I actually wrote an article on this titled "Finding your programming language of choice" to try to demystify the subject.

My goal here is not to explain in detail the reasons behind these changes (they were often the result of personal experiences, encounters, and opportunities) but simply to show that a developer's career is not tied to any particular technology.

You have to see it as a big toolbox in which each tool is different, more or less practical for certain tasks, but it's by using these tools repeatedly that you learn to know them and to choose them depending on the project.

In short, you can use an adjustable wrench or a pipe wrench to unscrew a nut, our choice will depend on the environment we're in!

So here is the content of my toolbox over the last 10 years and how it has evolved over time:

2010 - 2012

Discovering the web

• CSS: Vanilla
• Javascript: Vanilla
• PHP: Vanilla
• MySQL: PDO
• Hosting: 1&1

2012 - 2013

The jQuery wave

• CSS: Vanilla
• + Javascript: jQuery
• PHP: Vanilla
• MySQL: PDO
• Hosting: 1&1

2013 - 2015

The AngularJS revolution

• + CSS: Bootstrap
• + Javascript: AngularJS
• PHP: Vanilla
• MySQL: PDO
• Hosting: 1&1

2015 - 2017

Have some rest

• CSS: Bootstrap
• Javascript: AngularJS
• + NodeJS: ExpressJS
• + MongoDB: Mongoose
• + Gulp
• + Hosting: 1&1 / Heroku / mLab

2017 - 2020

The framework is dead, long live the framework!

• + CSS: Vanilla
• + Javascript: VueJS/NuxtJS
• NodeJS: ExpressJS
• MongoDB: Mongoose
• + Redis
• + Webpack
• + Hosting: OVH / AWS / Heroku / Atlas

2020 - Today

Always adapting, still

• + CSS: Vanilla / TailwindCSS / CSS-in-JS
• + Javascript: VueJS / NuxtJS / TypeScript / React
• + Mobile: React-Native
• NodeJS: ExpressJS
• DB: MongoDB / Redis
• Webpack
• + Hosting: OVH / AWS / Atlas / CleverCloud

And now?

I keep testing new tools on a regular basis, but my next goal is to manage to integrate docker into my stack, especially to set up integration tests in a much simpler way!