I'm glad that Express does not aim to be the Rails of Node.js. It's the Node.js equivalent of Sinatra, and for me it has been everything I needed to get my one-

I'm glad that Express does not aim to be the Rails of Node.js. It's the Node.js equivalent of Sinatra, and for me it has been everything I needed to get my one-page app up and running. It is so important that Node.js is getting support for more HTTP features. As the platform goes more and more mainstream, all these "little" features like conditional GETs and support for reverse proxies will make the difference in whether people take server-side JavaScript seriously. Node.js is one of the better candidates for replacing PHP in the long run, and I could not be more excited about it.