Solution stack

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In computing, a solution stack or software stack is a set of software subsystems or components needed to create a complete platform such that no additional software is needed to support applications. Applications are said to "run on" the resulting platform.

For example, to develop a web application, the architect defines the stack as the target operating system, web server, database, and programming language. Another version of a software stack is operating system, middleware, database, and applications. Regularly, the components of a software stack are developed by different developers independently from one another.

The term "solution stack" has historically included hardware components as part of the overall solution, mixing both hardware and software in the supporting layers.

Full-stack developer

A full-stack developer should be able to work on every layer of the stack. See Full-stack developer for details.

Stacks

• • APM
    • Apache
    • Php
    • MySQL
• BCHS
  • OpenBSD (operating system)
  • C (programming language)
  • httpd (web server)
  • SQLite (database)
• ELK
  • Elasticsearch (search engine)
  • Logstash (event and log management tool)
  • Kibana (data visualization)
• Ganeti
  • Xen or KVM (hypervisor)
  • Linux with LVM (mass-storage device management)
  • Distributed Replicated Block Device (storage replication)
  • Ganeti (virtual machine cluster management tool)
  • Ganeti Web Manager (web interface)
• GLASS
  • GemStone (database and application server)
  • Linux (operating system)
  • Apache (web server)
  • Smalltalk (programming language)
  • Seaside (web framework)
• GRANDstack
  • GraphQL (data query and manipulation language)
  • React (web application presentation)
  • Apollo (Data Graph Platform)
  • Neo4j (database management systems)
• Jamstack
  • JavaScript (programming language)
  • APIs (Application programming interfaces)
  • Markup (content)
• LAMP
  • Linux (operating system)
  • Apache (web server)
  • MySQL or MariaDB (database management systems)
  • Perl, PHP, or Python (scripting languages)
• LAPP
  • Linux (operating system)
  • Apache (web server)
  • PostgreSQL (database management systems)
  • Perl, PHP, or Python (scripting languages)
• LEAP
  • Linux (operating system)
  • Eucalyptus (free and open-source alternative to the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud)
  • AppScale (cloud computing-framework and free and open-source alternative to Google App Engine)
  • Python (programming language)
• LEMP/LNMP
  • Linux (operating system)
  • Nginx (web server)
  • MySQL or MariaDB (database management systems)
  • Perl, PHP, or Python (scripting languages)
• LLMP
  • Linux (operating system)
  • Lighttpd (web server)
  • MySQL or MariaDB (database management systems)
  • Perl, PHP, or Python (scripting languages)
• LYME and LYCE
  • Linux (operating system)
  • Yaws (web server, written in Erlang)
  • Mnesia or CouchDB (database, written in Erlang)
  • Erlang (functional programming language)
• MAMP
  • Mac OS X (operating system)
  • Apache (web server)
  • MySQL or MariaDB (database)
  • PHP, Perl, or Python (programming languages)
• MARQS
  • Apache Mesos (node startup/shutdown)
  • Akka (toolkit) (actor implementation)
  • Riak (data store)
  • Apache Kafka (messaging)
  • Apache Spark (big data and MapReduce)
• MEAN
  • MongoDB (database)
  • Express.js (application controller layer)
  • AngularJS/Angular (web application presentation)
  • Node.js (JavaScript runtime)
• MERN
  • MongoDB (database)
  • Express.js (application controller layer)
  • React.js (web application presentation)
  • Node.js (JavaScript runtime)
• MEVN
  • MongoDB (database)
  • Express.js (application controller layer)
  • Vue.js (web application presentation)
  • Node.js (JavaScript runtime)
• NMP
  • Nginx (web server)
  • MySQL or MariaDB (database)
  • PHP (programming language)
• OpenACS
  • Linux or Windows (operating system)
  • NaviServer (web server)
  • OpenACS (web application framework)
  • PostgreSQL or Oracle Database (database)
  • Tcl (scripting language)
• PERN
  • PostgreSQL (database)
  • Express.js (application controller layer)
  • React (JavaScript library) (web application presentation)
  • Node.js (JavaScript runtime)
• PLONK
  • Prometheus (metrics and time-series)
  • Linkerd (service mesh)
  • OpenFaaS (management and auto-scaling of compute)
  • NATS (asynchronous message bus/queue)
  • Kubernetes (declarative, extensible, scale-out, self-healing clustering)
• SMACK
  • Apache Spark (big data and MapReduce)
  • Apache Mesos (node startup/shutdown)
  • Akka (toolkit) (actor implementation)
  • Apache Cassandra (database)
  • Apache Kafka (messaging)
• T-REx
  • TerminusDB (scalable graph database)
  • React (JavaScript web framework)
  • Express.js (framework for Node.js)
• WAMP
  • Windows (operating system)
  • Apache (web server)
  • MySQL or MariaDB (database)
  • PHP, Perl, or Python (programming language)
• WIMP
  • Windows (operating system)
  • Internet Information Services (web server)
  • MySQL or MariaDB (database)
  • PHP, Perl, or Python (programming language)
• WINS
  • Windows Server (operating system)
  • Internet Information Services (web server)
  • .NET (software framework)
  • SQL Server (database)
• WISA
  • Windows Server (operating system)
  • Internet Information Services (web server)
  • SQL Server (database)
  • ASP.NET (web framework)
• WISAV/WIPAV
  • Windows Server (operating system)
  • Internet Information Services (web server)
  • Microsoft SQL Server/PostgreSQL (database)
  • ASP.NET (backend web framework)
  • Vue.js (frontend web framework)
• XAMPP
  • cross-platform (operating system)
  • Apache (web server)
  • MariaDB or MySQL (database)
  • PHP (programming language)
  • Perl (programming language)
• XRX
  • XML database (database such as BaseX, eXist, MarkLogic Server)
  • XQuery (Query language)
  • REST (client interface)
  • XForms (client)

See also

• Web Developer

Favorite site

• Wikipedia (en) Solution stack