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Josi: a new web framework for Node

24 points by vier 16y ago

cmelbye 16y ago
Another?... Don't get me wrong, it looks somewhat better than the other frameworks I guess, but really?
- frofro 16y 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.
- cloudhead 16y ago
  There will be many more. At least until something decent comes out.
mcantelon 16y ago
This doesn't look much different from existing frameworks like Express. I wonder what distinguishes the project?
- astrofinch 16y ago
  It's built on Node.js, which is supposed to make real-time web stuff easier.
  - probablycorey 16y ago
    So is Express http://expressjs.com/ http://expressjs.com/
- zppx 16y ago
  Express is closer to Sinatra than to a MVC, that's for me is the only difference.
vito 16y ago
The example code is a bit unreadable for me: http://i.imgur.com/uMcgo.png http://i.imgur.com/uMcgo.png
- Detrus 16y 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.
astrofinch 16y 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://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1088699 http://friendfeed.com/ 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?
benatkin 16y 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/thatismatt/josi http://github.com/visionmedia/express http://github.com/visionmedia/express http://github.com/mde/geddy http://github.com/mde/geddy These ones haven't seen commits in over a month: http://github.com/obt/bomberjs http://github.com/obt/bomberjs http://github.com/simonw/djangode http://github.com/simonw/djangode
- alunny 16y ago
  There are also Fab.js http://github.com/jed/fab 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 http://github.com/kriszyp/pintura and Picard http://github.com/dantebronto/picard http://github.com/dantebronto/picard At a lower level of abstractions are the middleware layers Connect http://github.com/extjs/Connect http://github.com/extjs/Connect and JSGI http://github.com/kriszyp/jsgi-node http://github.com/kriszyp/jsgi-node

24 points by vier 16y ago

cmelbye 16y ago

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

frofro 16y 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.
cloudhead 16y ago
There will be many more. At least until something decent comes out.

mcantelon 16y ago

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

astrofinch 16y ago
It's built on Node.js, which is supposed to make real-time web stuff easier.
- probablycorey 16y ago
  So is Express http://expressjs.com/ http://expressjs.com/
zppx 16y ago
Express is closer to Sinatra than to a MVC, that's for me is the only difference.

vito 16y ago

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

Detrus 16y 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.

astrofinch 16y 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://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1088699 http://friendfeed.com/ 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?

benatkin 16y 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/thatismatt/josi http://github.com/visionmedia/express http://github.com/visionmedia/express http://github.com/mde/geddy http://github.com/mde/geddy These ones haven't seen commits in over a month: http://github.com/obt/bomberjs http://github.com/obt/bomberjs http://github.com/simonw/djangode http://github.com/simonw/djangode

alunny 16y ago
There are also Fab.js http://github.com/jed/fab 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 http://github.com/kriszyp/pintura and Picard http://github.com/dantebronto/picard http://github.com/dantebronto/picard At a lower level of abstractions are the middleware layers Connect http://github.com/extjs/Connect http://github.com/extjs/Connect and JSGI http://github.com/kriszyp/jsgi-node http://github.com/kriszyp/jsgi-node