Express.js
Express.js is a web framework for Node.js that was inspired by Sinatra. It was created and released under the MIT license by T.J. Holowaychuk, StrongLoop and other contributors in November, 2010, and is currently on its fourth version. Express.js is similar to Meteor and Socket.IO. The rights to the software were acquired in 2014 by StrongLoop, which was then bought by IBM in September, 2015.
- Create websites with this Node.
- It's a popular, open source website building tool, and many software libraries have been built from it, such as the following
- Feathers: Fast prototype and app maker
- ItemsAPI: Searches for applications built with ElasticSearch or Express.
- KeystoneJS: Framework that includes an automatic admin UI with React.
- Kraken: Scalable extension for Express for certain applications
- LEAN-STACK: A stack for JavaScript that's considered pure
- LoopBack: Open source REST API creator
- Free and open source, and the code is available for browsing, forking and contribution on GitHub
- Created under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 United States License
- Professional translations for Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Korean
- Strictly for the JavaScript programming language
JavaScript is one of the most widely used programming languages for website functionality. It's used alongside HTML and CSS to make many of the popular websites browsed millions of times a day all over the world. Express.js, which is nearing a decade in age, is a popular choice for developing framework due to its open source code and easy to use, plugin based functionality. The code's maturity is also a factor leading to its fame, since over seven years of development by a large community tends to make a program pretty stable. Express.js has led to the creation of dozens of other frameworks used in website development.