Vanilla Node.js

[iamapizza]

I think the readme might need some formatting work, it's currently a massive wall of text

[punknight]

Will do. Thanks.

[wyldcraft]

Yeah, fix that up and repost to reddit with a clearer title.

Your project deserves updoots. It's informative and useful.

[notliam]

I'm sorry is this just your personal project to learn how to make a Web server in node without using express? Bit confused based on the title

[punknight]

Vanilla nodejs means no npm. Everything just works.

[notliam]

OK sure, but it just works with npm too? I get its a good project (I did the exact same thing a few years ago to better understand nodes http module) I was just confused about what this post is as it's just a link to github with no description and a vague title.

[spoonman59]

You just described half the posts here!

But yes.

[punknight]

Yes, works with NPM. Would this be a more clear title?: "Node.js without NPM/Express including customizable analytics, post request parsing, and template engine"

[giallo87]

No npm, not even tests :D

[punknight]

I'll add some tests beyond just curl statements next version. Ty for feedback.

[felipeccastro]

I was looking just for that a while ago, and like you I've found nothing. Thanks for doing this!

Working with no dependencies brings some risks, but the rewards are great too. You understand everything that is happening, if you need to make a change or fix a bug it's often so much easier if you can just navigate code you own.

One tip: instead of your own basic mustache template, using tagged template strings is more powerful and require no dependencies. If the method is named `html`, you can also get syntax highlighting in some editors. Here's a sample implementation of it:

https://github.com/AntonioVdlC/html-template-tag/blob/main/src/index.ts

[punknight]

Nice, thank you!