Suggested Stack

REST API Backend:

• PostgreSQL database
• Postgres C++ connector
• Library to create REST endpoints

Node Server Frontend:

• React - To create components or objects that are rendered
• React Router - To make routing easier
• Redux - State container for holding the data requested from the REST API
• There will be more dependencies pulled in over time, some won't be important for development, some will provide functionality and will be added here later.

Important resources: Most browsers support ES5 currently, but as ES6 is much nicer, I will be setting up a standard module to compile (transpile?) ES6 to ES5, allowing us to leverage the advantages ES6 provides.

• ES6 features
  • Arrow functions - These make inline functions much easier to understand and use
  • Promises - These will make dealing with asynchonous things such as API requests much neater.
• Understanding EcmaScript 6 - For anyone that wants a more in-depth look at the new features.
• Of course, the docs for everything linked above is super important.