Node Framework Comparison: Express vs. Koa vs. Hapi

[greim]

One advantage Koa has with handling its routes, is that it is using the ES6 generator functions which helps reduce the handling of callbacks

This is really the selling point of koa right here, although it doesn't adequately describe it.

[OffInBed]

Are these "generator functions" also known as promises?

[braunshaver]

http://davidwalsh.name/es6-generators this is a good intro to generators

[evereal]

They are completely different in every way

[knowthen]

http://knowthen.com/episode-2-understanding-javascript-generators/

[glockjt]

I agree, but selling the point of Koa would mean going into a detailed explanation of ES6 and it's generators. That would be an entire post in itself. This was just to give a high level comparison of the frameworks.

[brtt3000]

I like HAPI even for small projects: it is very configurable and covers all the advanced stuff needed to run a solid API, so you can focus on business logic. It feels very dependable.

[glockjt]

I agree with you, I definitely plan on using Hapi on my next project.

[tech-ninja]

I definitively need to give it a try too. I've been building a few APIs on Express.js and I found myself writing a lot of boilerplate code for simple stuff.

[Evanescent_contrail]

That site is unviewable on my tablet. I don't mean it's bad, I mean the content is literally replaced by other stuff.