HTML

Structure and content.

CSS

Styling, layout and responsive design.

JavaScript

Logic and interactivity, browser and server both.

TypeScript

JavaScript with static types, used across the front-end.

PHP

The server-side language Laravel runs on.

Tailwind CSS

Utility-first styling.

Bootstrap

Component-based CSS framework.

React

Component-based UI library.

Next.js

React framework for the Application Front-End module.

Node.js

JavaScript runtime for the server (v20 LTS).

npm

Node's package manager.

Express

Minimal web framework for Node.js APIs.

Composer

PHP's package manager.

Laravel

PHP framework for the Database Application module.

Blade

Laravel's templating engine.

JSON

The data format APIs send and receive.

SQLite

Lightweight, file-based database.

MySQL

Relational database, managed via MySQL Workbench.

Prisma

ORM for Node.js, also provisioned.

Standard for how front-end and back-end talk.

Git

Version control.

Linux

The command-line environment competitors work in.

Bash

Shell scripting for the command line.

Postman / Bruno

API testing tools.

WebStorm / PhpStorm

Optional JetBrains alternative to VS Code.

Docker

Containers for consistent environments.

Cypress / TestCafe

Browser test automation.

Screen reader used to test accessibility.