Chapter 4: A Side-by-side Comparison of Express, Koa and Hapi.js
by Olayinka Omole
If you’re a Node.js developer, chances are you have, at some point, used Express.js to create your applications or APIs. Express.js is a very popular Node.js framework, and even has some other frameworks built on top of it such as Sails.js, kraken.js, KeystoneJS and many others. However, amidst this popularity, a bunch of other frameworks have been gaining attention in the JavaScript world, such as Koa and hapi.
In this article, we’ll examine Express.js, Koa and hapi.js — their similarities, differences and use cases.
Background
Let’s firstly introduce each of these frameworks separately.
Express.js
Express.js is described as the standard server framework for ...
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