jaquesm's requirements, per the linked article, are that "Sessions, authentication, routing, internationalization, MVC, caching, mobile, templating, ORM and so

jaquesm'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.