Express
Insanely fast (and small) server-side JavaScript web development framework built on node and Connect.
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Features
- Sexy DSL with robust sinatra-like routing
- Environment based configuration
- High performance
- View support (ejs, jade, haml, sass, etc)
- View partials
- Full test coverage via expresso
Via Connect:
- Session support
- Cache API
- Mime helpers
- ETag support
- Redirection helpers
- Persistent flash notifications
- Cookie support
- JSON-RPC
- Logging
- and much more!
Installation
Install the Kiwi package manager for nodejs and run:
$ kiwi install express
or via npm:
$ npm install express
or
Install via git clone:
$ git clone git://github.com/visionmedia/express.git && cd express && git submodule update --init
Running Tests
Express uses the Expresso TDD framework to write and run elegant test suites extremely fast. First update the git submodules, then run:
$ make test
The latest release of Express is compatible with node --version: v0.1.100
More Information
- JavaScript Extensions & Utilities
- JavaScript Sass
- JavaScript Haml
- JavaScript Jade spiritual successor of Haml
- Featured in Advanced JavaScript e-book for only $4
Contributors
- TJ Holowaychuk (visionmedia) <tj@vision-media.ca>
- Aaron Heckmann (aheckmann) <aaron.heckmann+github@gmail.com>
- Ciaran Jessup (ciaranj) <ciaranj@gmail.com>
License
(The MIT License)
Copyright (c) 2009-2010 TJ Holowaychuk <tj@vision-media.ca>
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.