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Sails.JS - Started an app, put it into a docker container, hooked up postgres, added new model/controller, stopped when adding a view

• Pros: So starting an application was easy, it has a MVC structure and files are organized well.
• Cons: But the docs are poor and the community around it seems to be slowing down. Most articles I found were written for an earlier version.
• Can I hook up a sql db? 👍Yes, hooking up a db was very easy
• Can I make a tiny CRUD form? 👍Yes, I made the model/controller with the generator with no trouble, but went down a rabbit hole when I realized I needed to learn vue to add a page.
• Is this possible to use this? 👎Probably but I wouldn’t vote for it due to poor docs/community
• Is this time consuming/super hard? 👎Backend is fast to build with, but requires learning a 2nd framework (vue)
• Is it worth the effort? 👎Probably not unless we only want to use it as a backend
  I'll try something else if I've got time today

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16749148

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I'll put together something this weekend using node/express and JWT for authentication. Definitely my prefered framework as I have had a lot of experience with it, but I also know python/flask/django and I'm sure I could learn Keystone. If I have time I'll also write some simple unit tests to demo.

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Very cool @mitchellwandrews ! Yes, it'd definitely be valuable to get your thoughts on how well express might fit this project.

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I'm trying out https://sailsjs.com/

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Is Sails what you would recommend I look at?
(Work got busy, so it will be slower going than last week - sorry.)

Jon Melvin

PS - did you see the database scripts? They are from my CSharp project. For the nodejs: I put the table creation right in the nodejs app I created so that there are not separate modules to keep in synch - a nice approach for small apps.

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@jonmelvin Choose whatever catches your eye.

If you chose a different framework, we'd have more to compare next Monday.
If you overlap, we'd have another perspective. All good :-)

If you favor nodejs, some newer frameworks I haven't mentioned already are:

• https://nextjs.org/
• https://feathersjs.com/
• https://github.com/koajs

Found them in https://2018.stateofjs.com/back-end-frameworks/overview/

Or one of the python or ruby ones I mentioned in the original description.

Freetime changes alot, at least for me! So let's work to pick something developer-friendly, so we can all make the most of our time!

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@tienyuan I have heard good things about koajs but I haven't used it yet. Might try that instead of express since I already have a good feel for express.

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@mitchellwandrews nice! Yes, if you already know the pros and cons of express, totally try Koa. It would be nice to see how it compares. Maybe it'll reaffirm the argument for express ¯\(ツ)/¯

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KoaJS - Built a simple crud app for notes, hooked up to mysql on AWS RDS with Knex.js query builder. Didn't get to implement auth or any tests, but since it's a JS framework JWT and normal node testing frameworks should work well with it.

• Pros: very lightweight minimalist framework, built by the team behind express.js
• Cons: Decent documentation, but I feel that express has better documentation
• Can I hook up a sql db? 👍 yes, super easy
• Can I make a tiny crud form 👍 yes, routing is very friendly to es6 syntax
• Is this possible to use this? 👍 yes, but would rather use express because of better docs/familiarity
• Is this time consuming/super hard? 👎 no built to be very lightweight and easy to use
• Is it worth the effort? 👍 Yes, would be some initial learning curve but seems to be lightweight and good for building api's fast

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We've decided on Express serving backend and frontend pages. Pages will use react components and the database is Postgres.

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