The JADED Stack

The JADED stack is a polyglot architecture designed to serve content-rich applications across web and desktop platforms. At its core, Django provides the primary backend framework, handling business logic, database operations, and REST API endpoints with the kind of pragmatic structure that keeps projects on schedule. Drupal runs as a secondary content management layer, primarily managing structured content, taxonomy, and editorial workflows that feed into the Django ecosystem through carefully orchestrated data synchronization.

Angular powers the responsive web interface, consuming the Django API and rendering real-time application state with the performance and modularity modern users expect. For users who need offline capability or native desktop interaction, Electron wraps the same Angular codebase into cross-platform desktop applications, ensuring consistent user experience across browsers and operating systems without maintaining separate codebases.

Joomla sits at the periphery of this stack, serving as a public-facing content portal and marketing site that operates independently but can selectively integrate with the core system through API connections. This separation of concerns allows the marketing and editorial teams to work in a familiar environment while the core application team maintains the performance characteristics and architectural purity of the Django-Angular-Electron core. The result is a flexible, layered approach that balances organizational autonomy with technical cohesion.