i want to start building a web app but i keep circling around on how to do it/get started
which technologies/languages do i use? i want a js based framework probably gonna try angular, but what do i do with the backend? what kind of database even?
do i just try and get started? would it go better if i did a concept first and planned what i need?
do i read a book to get informed about web technologies after all???
aghhhhh. this is executive dysfunction at it's best: not knowing the steps at all, let alone what the first one is.

@mimtschan I say: Use what you know. Learning something new first to do a project will probably just result in the project never starting.
You know MySQL? That's your database. You know angular? Use it.
You know that everything *can* be done with with everything *somehow*. Projects are constant problemsolving anyway, you are just choosing the flavor of problems -- but it's ultimately arbitrary.

@NBLena @mimtschan the other thing i like doing is to use all things I'm familiar with, except one, so i can learn that one new thing. even just rewriting something I've done before with a new language or tool, it's a great way to learn the behavior and properties of the new thing in a constrained and attainable way.

@mimtschan @NBLena also also! if you're having a hard time getting sorted, chasing through it and discussing your thoughts with a codefriend can be very helpful. and obviously i volunteer. 😊

@nergdron @NBLena awww that's nice 💜
althoouuughh, I've only made one web app so far (i.e. been part of a group who did) and that was with spring, which i didn't hate but i wanna try something different. I'm interested in a couple other things, and it's not like I'm an expert with spring, I'd actually be better at using html5 and Java script than xhtml 😂 I'd love to try ruby maybe, for example. or php despite everyone hating it (don't wanna make the judgement without having tried it, and it's still widely used...)