Appendix. Other helpful modules
In this book, I covered a number of third-party Node modules, but there are myriad that I couldn’t get to. This appendix is a whirlwind tour of a bunch of modules I find useful. This list isn’t thorough and is by no means exhaustive, but I hope it can help you find modules you’ll like:
- Sequelize is an ORM for SQL. In this book we discuss Mongoose, which deals with the Mongo database; Sequelize is the Mongoose of SQL databases. It’s an ORM that supports migrations and interfaces with various SQL databases. Check it out at http://sequelizejs.com/.
- Lodash is a utility library. You may have heard of the Underscore library; Lodash is very similar. It boasts higher performance and a few extra features. You can read ...