Josi: a new web framework for Node (opens in new tab)

(thatismatt.github.com)

24 pointsvier15y ago12 comments

12 comments

benatkin15y ago

What are all the Node web frameworks that are being actively developed? Here are the ones I could find:

http://github.com/thatismatt/josi http://github.com/visionmedia/express http://github.com/mde/geddy

These ones haven't seen commits in over a month:

http://github.com/obt/bomberjs http://github.com/simonw/djangode

alunny15y ago

There are also Fab.js http://github.com/jed/fab (which hasn't seen any updates in a while, but I'm sure it's still being worked on), Pintura http://github.com/kriszyp/pintura and Picard http://github.com/dantebronto/picard

At a lower level of abstractions are the middleware layers Connect http://github.com/extjs/Connect and JSGI http://github.com/kriszyp/jsgi-node

astrofinch15y ago

Both Node.js and Tornado seem to have scaled for real-time-web stuff in the past:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1088699

http://friendfeed.com/

I think I'd try Tornado first myself because of Python's error tracebacks. In my opinion they make debugging significantly easier.

Is there any other software in this space?

vito15y ago

The example code is a bit unreadable for me: http://i.imgur.com/uMcgo.png

Detrus15y ago

Yea they really need to change the background behind the code. There are so many new frameworks with unknown user bases and support out there that their website design can be the difference between getting users or not.

mcantelon15y ago

This doesn't look much different from existing frameworks like Express. I wonder what distinguishes the project?

zppx15y ago

Express is closer to Sinatra than to a MVC, that's for me is the only difference.

astrofinch15y ago

It's built on Node.js, which is supposed to make real-time web stuff easier.

probablycorey15y ago

So is Express http://expressjs.com/

cmelbye15y ago

Another?... Don't get me wrong, it looks somewhat better than the other frameworks I guess, but really?

frofro15y ago

I understand that the node community is still very young but hopefully they'll start consolidating around some of the core libraries/frameworks pretty soon. For example, I haven't seen a consensus for the best testing or packaging libraries.

cloudhead15y ago

There will be many more. At least until something decent comes out.

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12 comments

benatkin15y ago

What are all the Node web frameworks that are being actively developed? Here are the ones I could find:

http://github.com/thatismatt/josi http://github.com/visionmedia/express http://github.com/mde/geddy

These ones haven't seen commits in over a month:

http://github.com/obt/bomberjs http://github.com/simonw/djangode

alunny15y ago

At a lower level of abstractions are the middleware layers Connect http://github.com/extjs/Connect and JSGI http://github.com/kriszyp/jsgi-node

astrofinch15y ago

Both Node.js and Tornado seem to have scaled for real-time-web stuff in the past:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1088699

http://friendfeed.com/

I think I'd try Tornado first myself because of Python's error tracebacks. In my opinion they make debugging significantly easier.

Is there any other software in this space?

vito15y ago

The example code is a bit unreadable for me: http://i.imgur.com/uMcgo.png

Detrus15y ago

mcantelon15y ago

This doesn't look much different from existing frameworks like Express. I wonder what distinguishes the project?

zppx15y ago

Express is closer to Sinatra than to a MVC, that's for me is the only difference.

astrofinch15y ago

It's built on Node.js, which is supposed to make real-time web stuff easier.

probablycorey15y ago

So is Express http://expressjs.com/

cmelbye15y ago

Another?... Don't get me wrong, it looks somewhat better than the other frameworks I guess, but really?

frofro15y ago

cloudhead15y ago

There will be many more. At least until something decent comes out.

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