If a company wants to expand its ecommerce business, an online marketplace is a must.

What is an online marketplace? At its core, it is a website or web app where one can compare and buy goods or services.

What is a technology stack? It is all the suitable software and other tools that will be used to develop a marketplace.

Choosing the right technology stack for your marketplace development project can be a daunting task. There are two sides to web development:

1. The client-side (front-end technology stack)

The client-side of the tech stack is a part of the website that users will interact with.

• HTML and CSS tell the user’s browser how to display content. Bootstrap is a helpful framework for managing HTML and CSS.
• JavaScript makes web pages interactive. There are many JavaScript libraries (such as jQuery, React.js, and Zepto.js) and frameworks (such as Angular, Vue, and Ember).

2. The server-side (back-end technology stack)

The server-side tech stack powers the whole website or application but isn’t visible to users. It consists of:

• Programming language. Major programming languages used for developing websites are Ruby, Java, Python, Scala, and PHP. 
• A database is the place where the site will store data. The most popular databases are MySQL, MongoDB, Firebase database by Google, and PostgreSQL.
• A server, which deals with the requests from the users’ devices. Two major web servers that are both open source and free are Apache and Nginx.