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"JavaScript web frameworks seem to have a half-life of about 6 months..." Express [1] has been the dominant framework for Node.js since 2009-2010. What framewo
by fenguin 12y ago
"JavaScript web frameworks seem to have a half-life of about 6 months..."
Express [1] has been the dominant framework for Node.js since 2009-2010. What frameworks are you talking about?
[1] https://github.com/visionmedia/express https://github.com/visionmedia/express
- iaskwhy 12y agoWell, Express happens to be a very good example of what the author was talking about. Even its creator knows it: https://github.com/koajs/koa https://github.com/koajs/koa But I get what you are saying, Express was among the most stable+popular pieces of js done in the last years.
- camus2 12y agoI wouldnt consider Express as a framework. It's just a router and a few middleware. Hapi or Actionhero are frameworks though rest ones.Express is definetly not a framework,it doesnt do anything much. Writing Spring like, Symfony like frameworks is hard in nodejs. Libs are bad,often tightly coupled,and frankly nobody's maintaining nothing on the long run.
- sehr 12y ago> Express is definetly not a framework,it doesnt do anything much. Consider that your definition of a framework may be different from others.
- SEMW 12y agojaquesm's requirements, per the linked article, are that "Sessions, authentication, routing, internationalization, MVC, caching, mobile, templating, ORM and so on should preferably all be part of the deal, so batteries included please". GP's comment was presumably made with that context in mind. Arguing for Express on the grounds that the word 'framework' doesn't imply those those things doesn't invalidate his requirements - definitions aside, Express clearly doesn't satisfy them.