Be it an enterprise or a startup, choosing the right backend development technology for your web app requires a lot of thought put into it. You shouldn’t simply opt for the one that’s most favoured by others or simple choose it for its pricing factors.
Remember that every project is different and each comes with its own independent challenges.
So, what should your business rely on when choosing the right technology? Here’s how you can do it.
1: Base it on the Type of your Web App
What’s the type of web app that you are developing? This should be the first criteria that you should decide upon. For this you will have to realize what your app is and what you are planning to build it into.
1.1 Complexity of Your Web App:
All web apps fall under either of the three complexities - Simple, Med-level or Complex.
a) Simple: These are web apps that can be created from out-of-the-box solutions; such as simple online stores or even a landing page.
b) Med-level: They have more functions than the simple apps. Also, they require frameworks for development. Some examples would include an app for a large ecommerce store or for an enterprise.
c) Complex: A lot more functionality and integration; they require the help of different web technologies and several programing languages to develop. Social networks, huge ecommerce marketplace and fintech software fall under this category.
1.2: Focus and Business Targets of Your Web App:
Now that you have categorised the complexity of your app, you next need to account what your apps target is.
a) Processing heavy load: Video & audio streaming apps and file sharing services deal with heavy load processing. If that’s what your app requires you should focus on programming languages and frameworks that offer them.
b) Lot of activity: If your app is something like a social networking app that requires low latency, then you will need to choose your tech stack that makes your web app highly responsive and helps reduce latency.
#2: Time to Market
Time to take delivery your app is of utmost important. You could have your app delivered quick and become the pioneer in your market, but lose out on technological advancement that your competitors could bring in.
So, what must you aim for? To make a perfect balance.
2.1 Out-of-the-box technology:
Technology that offers out-of-the-box solutions for developing you web app will reduce your TTM significantly. Ruby on Rails framework can allow users to use open-source library (gems) ensuring that the development time is considerably lower than other frameworks.
2.2 Availability of Developers and an active community
Despite you deciding upon the tech stack, you still need to find developers with expertise to do the coding. And since the development of an app is just the start, you need to have developers available throughout your app’s reign to help maintain it.
A healthy community can ensure that, and also help developers during coding difficulties.