It is nice for some things though, like static file server, gzip support, and other mundane things that you almost always want (or want the option to enable). I

It is nice for some things though, like static file server, gzip support, and other mundane things that you almost always want (or want the option to enable). I think a decent framework is unstructured (such as web.py) so you can write incredibly light quick and dirty apps or set up MVC for significant apps. It just helps you with the plumbing. connect, geddy, and (fab) all look good for this purpose and I hope to look into them a bit more when I have a chance. For now I'm just gluing things together with node-machine at the core.