Hi, am about to begin a startup web development project and looking at the wealth of Javascript frameworks and APIs ... its daunting and overwhelming. Am coming from C# and .NET development background last couple of years ... the last time I delved with web development was 8 years ago with basic php, python and core Javascript only.
So some basic questions for those with recent web development experience:
1. build systems - grunt or gulp?
2. is bootstrap still the best frontend page dev for multiple devices ?
3. Sass or Less??
4. framework - backbone, angular, react or ember?? do I even need one?
5. need for dependency management (i.e. browserify)??
6. why node.js?
7. mongoDB vs MySQL?
8. best IDE for all the above javascript web development?
Thanks so much.
Every one of your questions is completely dependant on your project and who is coding it.
Without knowing your project, I can only answer a few of your questions. And this is going to be the case across the board with the experts. I suggest to break all 8 questions into separate questions on EE. You'll get more action from the experts and you'll get a more comprehensive view of the technologies available.
It's completely subjective what IDE I use as is many of the technologies you've listed. I don't mean to be non specific here, I just think you'll get the best possible answers from splitting this one into 8.