Modernization

[nearwood]

Application is ancient by modern web standards. Works fine, but the combination of PHP + jQuery + custom CSS doesn't lend itself to mobile development very well. ~80% of traffic is from mobile.

Having a usable mobile interface would help people using a laptop (possibly without internet) to tune, but want to compare on a mobile.

Ideally, the data would be completely separate from the view (eg, split into API and front end).

Options:

• Rewrite/migrate to Laravel
  • Pros: Has built in ORM, testing, frontend scaffolding and other nice features
  • Cons: Possibly overkill, but actively maintained.
• Rewrite as API (with Laravel, Express/Koa)
  • Pros: Completely separates data from view. Allows other apps to access it (msdroid guy)
  • Cons: Have to come up with comprehensive API that handles all MSQ weirdness, and front-end
• Rewrite as client-side app
  • Pros: Could be PWA, work offline (useful when on the road), fast React development
  • Cons: Have to rewrite everything in JS. Locked in to React/Redux.