Top 15 Node.js Frameworks for Developers

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15 TOP
Node.js Frameworks
For Developers
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What is Node.js?
Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform runtime
environment for developing server-side Web
applications. Although Node.js is not a
JavaScript framework, many of its basic modules
are written in JavaScript, and developers can
write new modules in JavaScript. The pace at
which NodeJS grew in popularity is due to the
fact that it allows you to build large scale,
real time and scalable mobile and web
applications with JavaScript alone.
Let us look at the best and most powerful NodeJS
frameworks that are available today and help you
build real time and scalable web applications of
all sizes and complexity
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1. Express.js
Express.js is considered one of the essential web
frameworks for Node.js. It is fast, lightweight
and minimal web application framework that offers
the robust set of features for building web and
mobile applications and APIs. Express.js is an
actively used, maintained and tested framework
and offers various features such as database
integration, template engines, multiple routing,
and much more.
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2. Hapi.js
Hapi is distinguished as a Node.js powered
framework that independently runs without any
assistance on Express. This makes Hapi more or
less a competitor of Express with many developers
choosing Hapi over Express in the recent past.
Hapi.js is used for designing useful
applications, such as Postmile, a collaborative
list making tool.
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3. Sail.js
Sail.js is a well-known Node.js framework famous
for its serviceability towards enterprise-wide
systems. Its MVC pattern is based on Express and
Socket.IO and is ideal for writing data-oriented
applications and real-time features like a chat
application. Being frontend agnostic framework,
it gives you the flexibility to select technology
for developing the frontend.
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4. Koa.js
Koa.js is a powerful server framework for Node.js
to build efficient web applications and
application programming interfaces (APIs). Koa.js
efficiently uses generators to deal with call
backs and increase error-handling capabilities.
This also improves readability of the application.
koa
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5. Meteor.js
Meteor is an open-source, MVC framework for
building websites and web/mobile applications.
The framework supports OS X, Windows and Linux.
It allows writing both client and server parts of
an application in JavaScript. The best part about
Meteor is that it confirms a programming model
that initiates the development of real-time
applications with minimum JS codings.
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6. Derby.js
Derby.JS is a full stack framework and competes
directly with the likes of Meteor, Mean.io and
Mojito. It runs on top of node.js in conjunction
with mongo DB and Redis. Derby is a model-view
controller (MVC) JavaScript framework for both
client-side and server-side. Derbys Racer, a
real-time data synchronization engine for Node.js
allows multi-site, real-time concurrency and data
synchronization across clients and servers.
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7. Mean.js
Mean.js is a full-fledged JavaScript framework to
build web applications using NoSQL database,
MongoDB as well as Angular.js for the front-end
and Express.js/Node.js for the backend (server).
Mean.js and Mean.io are both considered a part of
Mean stack. Mean stands for MongoDB, Express.js,
Angular.js and Node.js.
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8. Mojito
Mojito is a JavaScript framework based on Yahoo!
Cocktails, a mobile application development
platform introduced by Yahoo! Developer Network.
Since, client and server components are both
written in JavaScript, Mojito can run on both the
client side (browser) and the server (Node.js).
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9. Socket.io
Socket.io is a Node.js server framework for
building real-time web applications. Being a
Javascript library, it allows event-driven,
bidirectional communication between web clients
and server. Its key features includes
asynchronous input/ output (I/O) processing,
binary streaming, instant messaging and more.
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10. Total.js
Total.js is a full-stack model-view controller
(MVC) framework that builds highly responsive web
apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Its
compatible with client-side frameworks like
AngularJS, Backbone.js, React, Ember, and
Bootstrap and isnt limited by a single database
compatibility.
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11. Flatiron.js
Flatiron.js is an adaptable and advanced Node.js
web framework for building modern and reliable
web applications. Using Flatiron.js you can
easily modify URL routing, create templates,
manage data, and manage plugins. It also provides
various resources and useful tools for all users.
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12. Keystone.js
Keystone is a full-stack, open-source framework
thats also ideal for developing database-driven
websites, applications, and APIs on top of
Node.js. Keystone.js offers various features such
as authentication, embedded services, admin UI
that help in building a scalable and fast web
application.
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13. StrongLoop LoopBack
LoopBack, a popular and mature open source
framework that is built on top of Express.js web
framework enables you to quickly implement
scalable APIs. It leverages StrongLoop Arc, a
useful tool of the StrongLoop ecosystem
monitoring and deploying apps.
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14. Actionhero.js
Node.js is a big platform for when it comes to
API servers, and ActionHero is one of the most
well-known API frameworks out there to help you
build fast, scalable and reusable Node.js API
servers for your app projects. ActionHero acts as
a toolkit for helping you build the kind of API
servers that will natively work together with
your existing apps and platforms.
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15. Partial.js
Partial is a modern Node.js web framework that
focuses on a number of advanced features for
helping developers reduce development time, and
increase application performance. Features like
code minifying, web attack protection, MVC
structure, modules are all part of the frameworks
core. Partial supports WebSockets for making it
easy to communicate between the web browser and
the back-end server.
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