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Top Node.Js Frameworks & Tools for Web Developers

Harikrishna Ku… January 31, 2021

harikrishna-kundariya.jpg  Co-founder and director, eSparkBiz Technologies.

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Familiarize yourself with these top Node.js tools and frameworks to effectively develop stellar mobile and web applications.

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Node.js is a JavaScript-based, open-source, cross-platform, and asynchronous run-time environment used to build server-side as well as client-side applications. Because it is built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine, it is many JavaScript programmers’ go-to choice for writing Server-Side scripts and easily building fast and scalable network applications

Node.js is actually not a framework or a library, but a runtime environment that is highly preferred for web application development. About 85% of developers have said they prefer Node.js for developing web applications, per a 2018 Node.js Foundation survey. It continues to have a positive impact on users today.

Node.js’s dependence on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine makes it impressively fast and cross-platform compatible. Developers are known to increase app performance by as much as 50% with Node.js and cut down development costs to a great extent.

All that is made possible by the important features of Node.js, such as robust technology stack, asynchronous and event driven, very fast, no buffering, and more, as well as the extensive frameworks it works with, and rich library of various JavaScript modules that greatly simplify the development of web applications using Node.js.

Node.js = Runtime Environment + JavaScript Library

And, thanks to its huge popularity, Node.js has a huge and vibrant community support and works with many frameworks that make it convenient to develop web applications with.

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Best Node.js Frameworks

 

Node.js has been used to develop many best-in-class web and mobile applications, including eBay, Amazon, Netflix, Reddit, PayPal, and more.

Below, we highlight some of the best Node.js frameworks and dev tools that are worthwhile for web developers to use when developing applications using Node.js.

 

1. Express

 

Express is an essential Node.js framework that offers several features for the development of mobile and web applications. It is a popular framework that is an ideal choice when it comes to the development of Single Page Applications.

Using Express, programmers can design websites with ease while working in Node.js. Express can also be used to develop scalable robust applications.

The express framework offers several features: routing templates, security features, and error handling provisions.

The framework is readily available for API integrations thereby making the application development process faster.

 

2. Socket.io

 

Socket.io is a popular event-driven framework that enables real-time bi-directional communication between web clients and servers. It offers an interactive API that is almost similar for both the client-side and the server-side.

Socket.io implements real-time analytics, binary streaming, instant messaging, and so on. These features make it an ideal framework to design chatting and streaming applications.

 

3. Meteor

 

Meteor is a Node.js framework that is used to develop real-time, full-stack mobile and web applications. It is used to build robust and scalable applications and offers a single API to work on both the front-end and back-end.

Meteor can effectively shorten codes and therefore is used to develop easy-to-use and faster applications. It is especially useful for developing high-performance apps with lighter architecture.

Meteor can be integrated efficiently with other programming languages and frameworks like Angular, Vue, React, and so on. It is a preferred choice as it reduces the coding efforts when developing mobile and web applications.

 

4. Keystone

 

Keystone, based on Express, is also in a full-stack development tool for Node.js. Keystone uses MongoDB as the database and is often a preferred choice for developers when it comes to developing database-driven websites, or applications.

Keystone offers an auto-generated user-interface feature that can be used to handle websites and applications. All these features make development a convenient experience.

 

5. Koa

 

Koa, like Keystone, has been designed by the Express team. It is a web application and API development framework that has risen in popularity within a few years of introduction.

Koa offers built-in plugins, that can be used for routing, compression, and caching purposes. It can handle errors and reduce callbacks which makes server-side application efficient.

Koa is an efficient tool to develop high-performance applications for big projects. Koa offers a high level of customization and has a modular approach. Koa, being a new tool, doesn’t have wide community support, but with the rising popularity, the community size is increasing with time.

 

6. Hapi

 

Hapi is a widely used web application development platform. It is an open-source, commercially centered framework.

Hapi offers seamless support to a large team of developers that are engaged in simultaneous multitasking. It is widely used for the development of proxy servers and desktop applications due to its rich security features.

Hapi also offers support for reusable components and extensive plugins. Due to several built-in plugins that Hapi offers, developers hardly have to rely on any middle-ware for development. With these features, Hapi is extensively used for the development of secure, scalable, and real-time applications.

 

7. Sails

 

Sails is based on Express and is an MVC framework. Like Socket.io, Sails offers many WebSocket integrations.

Sails can be used with other middleware conveniently and supports iOS, Android, Angular, and other popular front-end platforms.

Sails is also compatible with all the popular databases like MongoDB, MySQL, and so on. It is an ideal choice to build scalable applications with Node.js.

 

8. Loopback

 

Loopback is a popular backend development framework for Node.js. Loopback allows extensive customization capabilities for developers, which is very convenient with Loopback.

Loopback also offers security features that allow authentication and permission settings. It is fast and supports several databases, along with file management add-ons and third-party login features.

The framework is well documented and has several structured codes that make development quick and hassle-free.

 

In conclusion

 

Web development is a prospective field and there are a lot of languages, frameworks, and tools available these days that can be used to develop interactive web applications. However, Node.js is one of the most popular run-time environments that are used to develop web applications.

If you are planning on using Node.js, familiarize yourself with the above-mentioned Node.js tools and frameworks to effectively develop stellar applications and web pages. These tools make developers’ lives easier.


Harikrishna Kundariya is an experienced marketer, developer, IoT, ChatBot, and Blockchain savvy designer. He is also co-founder and director of eSparkBiz Technologies @Web Development Company. Harikrishna’s 8+ experience enables and makes him well qualified to provide digital solutions to start-ups based on IoT and ChatBot.


 

 

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