Michael, this question wasn't closed because it's not "top-level", but because it's fairly abstract. Our sister site Software Engineering might be a better place for this kind of question. See their on-topic help page. — Chris 56 secs ago

The first part of your question is a better fit for the Software Engineering Stack Exchange. Fortunately, it's already been asked there: softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/338079/…. The second part might be a duplicate of stackoverflow.com/questions/7267760/… — Brian McCutchon 34 secs ago

Apart from being opinion based, this question is off-topic because it's not about "code". This kind of question is more suited to our sister site softwareengineering.stackexchange.com — Bohemian ♦ 43 secs ago