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But express was connect with some extra goodies on top. Surely this is an iteration upon express? I guess I'm more concerned about the marketing of this framew
by deif 13y ago
But express was connect with some extra goodies on top. Surely this is an iteration upon express?
I guess I'm more concerned about the marketing of this framework as there's now two names for the same thing except one is newer than the other. As a dirty analogy - if jQuery started to support yields instead of function callbacks, do they change the name of the library?
Looking at the syntax of Koa, it's still express except it looks nicer because there's no callbacks. What was the reasoning for ditching the big name? It can't be just for that.
- ds_ 13y agoIf express was connect, since koa is basically a rewrite of connect using generators, doesn't it make sense to give it a new name?
- sehr 13y agoExpress isn't Connect. Does it honestly even matter or are you just finding something to nitpick?
- brainflake 13y agoIt looks like some important express-like things are missing though. For instance, there is no routing abstraction or rendering. I think you're right that Express is connect with extra goodies, but the most important of those are missing from koa. Although branding it as a 'next-generation web framework' definitely seems like they want to replace express.