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Express seems pretty popular, it has stuff for routes, templates etc... Bit like Backbone for Client, without the HTTP stuff
by kevv87 10y ago
Express seems pretty popular, it has stuff for routes, templates etc... Bit like Backbone for Client, without the HTTP stuff
- subpublic 10y agoYeah, though I still think its a bit thin to act as a good backend. I'm waiting for a better DB/model/controller framework to serve APIs.
- cjhveal 10y agoI'd say the backbone comparison is pretty apt, but I've always felt both strived to be "libraries" of structural building blocks rather than frameworks (for better or worse). Writing express servers feels a lot like writing a Ruby server at the Rack level. To people that are used to Rails/Django, it feels a lot more manual and painstaking. While I personally like the clarity of request flow and modularity that I get using express, there are definitely some friction points (picking the best model layer, quickly picking up a new codebase, generating admin UI, to name a few).