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.[1] Applications are said to "run on" or "run on top of" 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.[2] Regularly, the components of a software stack are developed by different developers independently from one another.
Some components/subsystems of an overall system are chosen together often enough that the particular set is referred to by a name representing the whole, rather than by naming the parts. Typically, the name is an acronym representing the individual components.[3]
The term "solution stack" has, historically, occasionally included hardware components as part of a final product, mixing both the hardware and software in layers of support.[4][5]
A full-stack developer is expected to be able to work in all the layers of the application (front-end and back-end). A full-stack developer can be defined as a developer or an engineer who works with both the front and back end development of a website, web application or desktop application.[6] This means they can lead platform builds that involve databases, user-facing websites, and working with clients during the planning phase of projects.
Examples
editOS-level stacks
edit- Ganeti[8]
- 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[9]
- GemStone (database and application server)
- Linux (operating system)
- Apache (web server)
- Smalltalk (programming language)
- Seaside (web framework)
- LAMP[10]
- Linux (operating system)
- Apache (web server)
- MySQL or MariaDB (database management systems)
- Perl, PHP, or Python (scripting languages)
- LEAP[11]
- 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[12]
- Linux (operating system)
- Nginx (web server)
- MySQL or MariaDB (database management systems)
- Perl, PHP, or Python (scripting languages)
- LLMP[13]
- Linux (operating system)
- Lighttpd (web server)
- MySQL or MariaDB (database management systems)
- Perl, PHP, or Python (scripting languages)
- LYME and LYCE[14]
- Linux (operating system)
- Yaws (web server, written in Erlang)
- Mnesia or CouchDB (database, written in Erlang)
- Erlang (functional programming language)
- MAMP[15]
- Mac OS X (operating system)
- Apache (web server)
- MySQL or MariaDB (database)
- PHP, Perl, or Python (programming languages)
- LAPP[16]
- Linux (operating system)
- Apache (web server)
- PostgreSQL (database management systems)
- Perl, PHP, or Python (scripting languages)
- MLVN[17]
- MongoDB (database)
- Linux (operating system)
- Varnish (software) (frontend cache)
- Node.js (JavaScript runtime)
- WAMP[18]
- Windows (operating system)
- Apache (web server)
- MySQL or MariaDB (database)
- PHP, Perl, or Python (programming language)
- WIMP[19]
- Windows (operating system)
- Internet Information Services (web server)
- MySQL or MariaDB (database)
- PHP, Perl, or Python (programming language)
- WINS[20]
- Windows Server (operating system)
- Internet Information Services (web server)
- .NET (software framework)
- SQL Server (database)
- WISA[21]
- 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)
OS-agnostic web stacks
edit- ELK[22]
- Elasticsearch (search engine)
- Logstash (event and log management tool)
- Kibana (data visualization)
- GRANDstack[23]
- GraphQL (data query and manipulation language)
- React (web application presentation)
- Apollo (Data Graph Platform)
- Neo4j (database management systems)
- Jamstack[24]
- JavaScript (programming language)
- APIs (Application programming interfaces)
- Markup (content)
- MARQS[10]
- Apache Mesos (node startup/shutdown)
- Akka (toolkit) (actor implementation)
- Riak (data store)
- Apache Kafka (messaging)
- Apache Spark (big data and MapReduce)
- MEAN[10]
- MongoDB (database)
- Express.js (application controller layer)
- AngularJS/Angular (web application presentation)
- Node.js (JavaScript runtime)
- MERN[25]
- MongoDB (database)
- Express.js (application controller layer)
- React.js (web application presentation)
- Node.js (JavaScript runtime)
- MEVN[26]
- MongoDB (database)
- Express.js (application controller layer)
- Vue.js (web application presentation)
- Node.js (JavaScript runtime)
- OpenACS[28]
- NaviServer (web server)
- OpenACS (web application framework)
- PostgreSQL or Oracle Database (database)
- Tcl (scripting language)
- PERN[29]
- 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[10]
- Apache Spark (big data and MapReduce)
- Apache Mesos (node startup/shutdown)
- Akka (toolkit) (actor implementation)
- Apache Cassandra (database)
- Apache Kafka (messaging)
- T-REx[30]
- TerminusDB (scalable graph database)
- React (JavaScript web framework)
- Express.js (framework for Node.js)
- XAMPP[31]
- cross-platform (operating system)
- Apache (web server)
- MariaDB or MySQL (database)
- PHP (programming language)
- Perl (programming language)
- XRX[32]
- XML database (database such as BaseX, eXist, MarkLogic Server)
- XQuery (Query language)
- REST (client interface)
- XForms (client)
See also
edit
Look up stack in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
References
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