Hey everyone! My group and I are using a couple different technologies for our “dating” app, PetPals Connect, which matches prospective owners with shelter animals. We decided to make a web application, so we are using JavaScript, CSS, and HTML. To build our web app, we are using Vite, which is relatively new to all of us. I recently used Vite on a personal project and definitely felt like it was a great option since it is becoming more popular in the industry and is fairly straightforward to use. In addition to those technologies, we are also using MySQL to create and update the database of prospective owners and shelter animals.
Out of these, my favorite technology would be JavaScript. I haven’t had the opportunity to use JavaScript much on the project thus far, but I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it when used on past projects. In general, JavaScript is easy to use, versatile, and is very popular. It is mainly used in developing web applications for both the frontend and backend. Although JavaScript is a great coding language, I have gotten more familiar with TypeScript recently and see some advantages it has over JavaScript. First off, Typescript incorporates ES6 features. When I use JavaScript, I download the ES6 package anyway, so using Typescript has one less hurdle. Additionally, Typescript points out compilation errors during development while JavaScript does not show errors until after compiling. As a result, it is easier and quicker to identify issues before compiling using TypeScript, which reduces runtime. Overall, I am looking forward to utilizing JavaScript during this project once I am finished setting up the SQL database and queries!
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