NodeJS + Express. I've had some good mileage out of SailsJS ( http://sailsjs.com/ http://sailsjs.com/ ) recently, essentially it is a NodeJS + Express stack wi

NodeJS + Express. I've had some good mileage out of SailsJS ( http://sailsjs.com/ http://sailsjs.com/ ) recently, essentially it is a NodeJS + Express stack with Socket.io and prebuilt ORM/blueprints. Up and running in a matter of minutes and behind the scenes it is still just NodeJS/Express