Is Express.js dying?
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Is Express.js dying?
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Re: Is Express.js dying?
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Re: Is Express.js dying?
#3Well here is the answer from the guy who is still maintaining it:
https://github.com/strongloop/express/issues/2827
The link is from the fifth comment.
When developing in node it makes a lot of sense to use lots of different modules for the one project. At work I have a good dozen or so, it really helps with iteration and testing.
Re: Is Express.js dying?
#4Just use koa@next, it's awesome. ES6/ES7 with Babel, Flowconfig, and more.
Re: Is Express.js dying?
#5While express isn't dying, that thread is a great example of corporate sponsored/run OSS gone wrong.
Re: Is Express.js dying?
#6Frameworks die. It is a fact. Death in this sense means discontinued support and development. It is not difficult to see how this can render any software that depends on a 'dead' framework unstable or even broken with time.
I have experienced exactly this multiple times. In fact, I am extremely aware of this when I start a new project. Perhaps especially when I am dealing with frameworks like Express, Django or Ruby on Rails.
If I recall correctly, Gary Bernhardt, said it well: "Treat Rails like a disease and isolate yourself." You can replace "Rails" with any popular framework. Yourself in this quote referes to the business logic of your system.
Re: Is Express.js dying?
#7I've been building an app using Express over the past 9 months and this gives me pause. It seems like IBM wants to have its cake and eat it too. Should be interesting to see how it all plays out, but is building an app on Express a liability? I have been contemplating switching to hapi, maybe this is a good time to explore that option.
Re: Is Express.js dying?
#8It's not the cool web framework for Node any more. I don't think it's going to "die" in the sense that existing express applications are going to be impossible to maintain any time soon.
Re: Is Express.js dying?
#9Clickbait. Express.js is not dying. At all. It is being very much actively worked on by some of the hardest working maintainers and contributors.
Express.js is actually a combination of various modules. If you want to see the work being done, go to those individual modules.
Re: Is Express.js dying?
#10This sure doesn't look like death to me: http://npm-stat.com/charts.html?package=express&author=&from...
The project is incredibly popular. When it comes to community PRs, it's hard for people to swallow sometimes but often a PR isn't good enough or doesn't fit the vision of the project. It's easy to break things in the process of improving or fixing something, and perhaps Express has hit a bit of a stability point which is great.