So far, this is the best example I've found: https://github.com/qed42/nodejs-express-mongoose-demo https://github.com/qed42/nodejs-express-mongoose-demo mongo

So far, this is the best example I've found: https://github.com/qed42/nodejs-express-mongoose-demo https://github.com/qed42/nodejs-express-mongoose-demo mongodb+nodejs+express+jade ... just missing backbone or spine! Not sure if it's any better than rails, but hey, this stack worth more karma points!