Frank White

jQuery and Bootstrap mostly come as requirements for some modules I use, such as ngx-summernote, and I also ended up using the Popovers from Bootstrap via ngx-bootstrap since that was easier and faster to implement.

Node.js is the runtime used by the webpack livereload server that comes with Angular CLI.

Using npm because that's what you need if you're doing any serious JavaScript and HTML5 -based project that uses open source modules.

Switched from Jasmine with Karma that come setup by Angular CLI to use Jest instead, since Jasmine and Karma were very finicky in my setup and had to be reconfigured frequently to run tests properly.

Jest was also easier to integrate into my workflow with Visual Studio Code.

Used Bitbucket for the private repositories and focus on business needs of its business/enterprise customers.

Used Git because it does version control well for what I need.

Picked Angular 2 as framework since Angular CLI made it easy to get started on a self-contained frontend web project with TypeScript for easier development -- thanks to intellisense extensions for Visual Studio Code, hassle-free browser compatibility with the built-in Babel transpiler and packaging with the built-in Webpack configuration.

For #TaskManagement, since this was mostly a solo project, I picked YouTrack since it's got a comfortable interface for me as a coder, easy to setup integrations, and its modular approach to how much information you want to track for each project was a great way for me to keep things simple at first, and then add time estimates/tracking as needed, or start keeping track of stakeholders once the project got off the ground.