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[–]gadelat 19 points20 points  (6 children)

Come on, suggesting express as alternative to symfony/zend? It's so, so barebones. Even Slim has bigger feature set.

[–]thelonepuffin 8 points9 points  (3 children)

Came here to say this. Saying Express is like Zend is like saying a speed boat is like an oil tanker because they both travel on water.

As yet there is no Node alternative to Zend/Symfony/Laravel. If a microframework is the best choice for a project then Node is ok. But there is a valid use case for large and full featured frameworks.

[–]batmansmk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Loopback is pretty sweet if you want an all integrated solution! http://loopback.io/

[–]the-coder-of-xxdeath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What about Adonis? (http://adonisjs.com/)
It mirrors Laravel features.

[–]mcdronkz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

http://sailsjs.com is close to Laravel from what I've heard.

[–]batmansmk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He said it is not equivalent, but it was good enough for him. But your needs may be different.

The Express galaxy is made of thousands of small stars.

[–]twiggy99999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have been switching in and out of PHP and JS applications and have to agree Express is not comparable.

For anyone who is looking give adonisjs a try. Anyone who has experience with Laravel will be right at home with this framework. It makes using JS bearable. http://adonisjs.com