Re: Which JavaScript framework would you recommend for IBM i?

[Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

I just got done putting together a sample** Node.js CRUD app using
ExpressJs.  It is for an IBMSystemsMag.com article that will probably be
published in the next month.

**http://bit.ly/ibmi-node-crud-app

ExpressJs is the primary framework I've been using.  Hapi was birthed by
Walmart Labs because they needed more than ExpressJs could offer.   Here's
some reading that compares the two:
http://matt-harrison.com/moving-from-express-to-hapi-js/



Aaron Bartell
litmis.com - Open Source and IBM i. No Limits.


On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 11:19 AM, Kelly Cookson <KCookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> In exploring Node.JS on the IBM i, I will eventually want to learn about
> using a JavaScript framework for routing requests.
>
> I know Express.JS is very popular. But I've also read pretty good things
> about Hapi.JS. I know there are other frameworks out there as well. I'm
> trying to figure out which framework to install on the IBM i.
>
> Has anybody actually started using Express.JS, Hapi.JS, or a comparable
> framework on the IBM i?
>
> I assume Express.JS, Hapi.JS, and comparable JavaScript frameworks would
> all be equally easy to use with the Node.JS toolkits that IBM has provided
> (that use XMLSERVICE). Is this assumption correct? I don't know what I
> don't know here.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kelly Cookson
> IT Project Leader
> Dot Foods, Inc.
> 1.217.773.4486 ext. 12676
> kcookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:kcookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
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