procon

procon is an exploratory project wherein I am implementing the same small app using multiple frameworks (and potentially methodologies). It exists to broaden my horizons. I've spent the vast majority of my career in PHP + MySQL + Bootstrap and I need to get out more so here we are.

Feel free to look at the specs, but there are three main parts to procon:

• topics: labels describing something people would have opinions about
• perspectives: opinions about topics
• reactions: opinions about perspectives

Users will create topics, leave perspectives on topics that others have created, and be able to see how everyone feels about everything. Reactions track whether a perspective is considered valuable or not to help bubble up higher-quality perspectives. They also track the sentiment of the perspective.

The app is meant to have just enough complexity to be non-trivial yet also simple enough to be not take inordinate amounts of time to implement. The complexity required should give me enough of a work out in the languages, frameworks, and methodologies I select to help me grow my skills.

I have selected the following tools to practice with:

• sqlite
• hurl
• bulma
• python via django
• go via gin
• laravel

Thus far I have completed:

• the Django implementation