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Yii
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Rapid development through code scaffolding
Yii takes care of repetitive tasks through Gii, a web-based scaffolding tool. Gii takes care of code generation and creating code templates for: Models Controllers Forms Modules Extensions CRUD controller actions and views There are a lot of scaffolding templates made by community for Gii, that improve generated code functionality by a lot. Gii is very easy to extend yourself.
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Can be hard for beginners
Since Yii requires developers to write code following certain rules, or in other words, it requires developers to follow the "Yii way of doing things" it can be hard for beginners to warm up to it and start using it right away.
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Comes with important security standarts
Since security is a crucial part of any application, Yii comes with great security features out of the box to help developers create a secure and reliable application. These security features contain but are not restricted to: Input validation Output filtering Features against SQL injection Cross-site scripting prevention
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Not very good at many to many relations
(but there is a good plugin, namely CAdvancedArBehavior extension to do this)
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Highly extensible
Yii is built to be extremely extensible. Virtually every component of the framework can be extended programmatically. For example, if you want to add a unique id to your views, it's very easy to do: namespace app\components; class View extends yii\web\View { public $bodyId; /* Yii allows you to add magic getter methods by prefacing method names with "get" */ public function getBodyIdAttribute() { return ($this->bodyId != '') ? 'id="' . $this->bodyId . '"' : ''; } }
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Integrated with a testing framework
Yii makes use of Codeception, a great PHP testing framework that helps developers run their tests. They can be unit, functional or acceptance tests since Codeception supports them all.
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Lots of plugins available
Yii has about 2000 addons hosted on Yii's official website. These addons significantly decrease development time and increase the developer's efficiency.
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License
Yii is free and open source and is distributed under the BSD License.
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Strong community support
Yii has a strong and rather large community behind it. This is proven by the great number of blog posts, tutorials, guides and reviews on the Yii framework as well as the great number of extensions developed for it.
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Easy to install
Yii uses Composer to handle it's dependency installation. This is rather easy and not very time consuming, although it should be noted that Composer is very resource-intensive considering what it's job is. But that is not really Yii's fault.
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Best framework for CRUD operation
Yii Framework Provides most of features require for crud functionalities like GridView, Listview and DetailView (with jquery search and validation functions) by generating using GII.
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Highly extensible without effort
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PHP version:
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Dropwizard
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Enhanced productivity and less timewasting
The application can be run and debugged from the IDE without the need to recompile or redeploy the WAR file. This is because a Dropwizard web application creates on main program which starts the jetty container.
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Does not allow a lot a freedom of choice
Dropwizard removes a lot of freedom that the developer may have with other frameworks because of the fact that it tries to do everything itself. It chooses the best Java libraries for the job required, without allowing the developer much choice.
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Application metrics integrated into the framework
Dropwizard comes with application metrics integrated out of the box. These metrics provide a lot of useful information such as request/response time. For example, to get the execution time of a method, the @Timed annotation is used.
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Quick project bootstrap
Starting a project with Dropwizard si very easy and bootstraping is quick and painless. All that's needed is a single dependency added in the pom.xml file and it's ready to go.
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Bottle
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Flexible
Being a small one file distribution it includes almost every vital thing you need to support little websites (routing, templating). Everything else can be implemented using plugins.
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Small community. Difficult to find online docs and examples
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Single-file distribution
Bottle works around the one-file approach, everything is done in a bottle.py file. This means that it's extremely easy to share and upload your application since it practically is just one python file.
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Very hard to develop projects that are not smaller than 1000 lines
While Bottle is a great framework for building small applications (generally less than 1000 lines of code), it starts getting very hard to manage your application if you want to go even a bit larger than that. The fact that it follows a single-file distribution model and that it's missing something like Flask's blueprints only make this problem worse.
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No need to install
It is so little there's no need to install, it is included in the standard libs python.
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Async, *let friendly
Using it with gevent is a breeze. It's a WSGI app so it's easy to make it work with anything.
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IHP
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Easy for beginners
With the code generators even haskell beginners can easily build CRUD apps.
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(Small) Server deployment
I'm a bit unclear on the memory requirements for the server (which becomes less of an issue every following year).
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Under the hood
Code generators, database schema editors, etc. work with Haskell and SQL files, which can also be edited manually, to get 'under the hood'.
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Instant live reloading
Makes for a super smooth development experience.
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HSX
If you have experience with react, you feel right at home with the HSX view syntax.
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License:
MIT
Written in:
Haskell
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wai-routes
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Provides type-safe routes
Automatically maps routes to datatypes which are checked at compile time. It uses Template Haskell to reduce boilerplate.
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Learning curve
Even though it's a "micro" framework, it has a steep learning curve when using advanced features such as subsites.
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Freely mix "unrouted" handlers with typesafe routing and middleware
Can be used without any routing or Template Haskell. "Unrouted" handlers can be freely mixed and matched with typed routing and middleware.
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Easy to customise
Wai-routes is extremely easy to customise. It's neutral to other parts of the system such as the templating language, or the wai server being used. Wai-routes only targets and provides full access to the wai API. The wai-routes handlers are also simple functions which are passed the request data and the environment and return a Response in IO. Arbitrary middleware, routes, and handlers can be mixed together to construct an application.
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Lightweight
Performs quite well when compared with other Haskell web frameworks.
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Subsites support
Subsites provide encapsulation and ability compile time enforcement of contracts between main site and subsites.
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Provides nested routes
Nested routes allow reduction of boilerplate code.
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Route annotations
Route annotations provide an easy way to "mark" routes for extra processing.
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Pyramid
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Very flexible
Pyramid can be used for creating small applications quickly and easily, but it also powers up large enterprise-scale applications such as Dropbox.
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The great number of options it offers can become intimidating
One of Pyramid's greatest drawbacks is that it requires a lot of set up in the beginning of a project. This can feel overwhelming and can keep people away from using it.
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Persistence agnostic
Either NoSQL and SQL (including SQLAlchemy plugin).
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Comes with security included
Includes authorization and authentication with multiple backends.
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Written in:
Python
Default Template Engine:
Jinja2
Default ORM:
SqlAlchemy
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Hapi
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Backed by a major corporation
Hapi was developed and is still being used by Walmart. Being backed by such a major company means that it will not lose support any time soon and most importantly it's being developed by professionals and that you will always get support for it.
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Requires too much boilerplate
Hapi seems to be made with large applications in mind. The sheer amount of boilerplate code it requires is simply not practical for a small web app. This also means that there are few examples of Hapi applications around for beginners to learn from.
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Consistency across applications
Hapi's philosophy is that configuration is more important than code. This is especially useful for very large teams because it helps developers maintain consistency and reusability throughout their code.
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Platforms:
Cross-platform
License:
BSD-3-Clause
Written in:
JavaScript
Repository:
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CodeBehind
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Modern
CodeBehind is a modern framework with revolutionary ideas.
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Code-Behind
Code-Behind pattern will be fully respected.
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Under .NET Core
Your project will still be under ASP.NET Core and you will benefit from all the benefits of .NET Core.
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Get output
You can call the output of the aspx page in another aspx page and modify its output.
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Modular
It is modular. Just copy the new project files, including dll and aspx, into the current active project.
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Simple
Developing with CodeBehind is very simple. You can use mvc pattern or model-view or controller-view or only view.
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Fast
The CodeBehind framework is faster than the default structure of cshtml pages in ASP.NET Core.
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TsED
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Brings MVC to Express
One of the conns of Express (even in this site) is the lack of structure. This framework brings structure to Express applications which makes large-scale development much easier
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Uses decorators
Similar to most other popular frameworks
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Adding string types to Express with Typescript
Express is already an awesome framework, but with types it makes the work much easier
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Great support
Any issue opened gets resolved or answered very quickly
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Great documentation
Updated regularly
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Happstack Lite
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Has extensive documentation
There is extensive documentation and tutorials for Happstack and Happstack Lite available for use. Documentation and tutorials help programmers write their code; with so many options, programmers will have an easy time learning the framework.
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Handles exceptions poorly
When an exception occurs on the server, the error gets printed. By seeing an error that makes no sense to the user, his experience is negatively impacted. Having a negative experience can mean a user never visits the site again.
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Molded through 7+ years of feedback
Happstack has been around for over seven years. During this time developers used the framework and offered feedback to improve it. As a result, it is stable and unlikely to have major changes. Happstack Lite was created from all of this feedback
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Allows bad code by not enforcing logic separation
Happstack allows developers to write code for controllers, routing, and models together. Doing so will dirty the code and make maintenance harder.
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Shares all of its components on gitHub
Having open source means that developers can customize the framework and offer suggestions and solutions to the code.
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Apiary
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Mediocre documentation
Users must rely primarily on the example project and auto-generated API documentation (Haddocks). The author of Apiary is not a native English speaker and openly acknowledges this issue.
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Automatically generates API documentation
Apiary generates comprehensive HTML documentation based on your API routes.
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Type-level routes
Apiary provides type modeling, down to URL parameters, ensuring type safety.
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Phalcon
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Extremely fast
Since the framework is and extension built in C it's extremely fast and efficient. It's actually one of the fastest PHP frameworks, and according to some benchmarks it's the fastest framework out there.
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Not for shared hosting
Phalcon needs root access to install the PHP extension which is written in C. Developers who plan on using Phalcon must use VPS or Cloud Hosting with root access available.
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Open source
Phalcon is open source and is available under the BSD License.
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Require good programming skills
Not so easy to use if you want to gain the best from it.
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Uses Volt template engine
The Volt template engine, which is embedded into Phalcon itself takes it's inspiration from the Jinja template engine and as such it's nice to look at, with a clear and understandable syntax. Volt also compiles very fast, like Phalcon itself, so it avoids being a bottleneck for the framework's overall speed.
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Debugging requires knowledge of C
You need to be a C programmer to debug Zephir or C code. Or if Phalcon is not maintained anymore and you have a problem and don't have much skills in C, you will be hard-pressed to find a C programmer to fix it.
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Very flexible project structure
You can set up the base project as you want. It's very flexible
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Clean and light project code
Since the framework code is not in the project directory, the code is light and clean.
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Customizable with Zephir
Zephir is a high-level language designed to create PHP extensions easily by PHP programmers with no knowledge in C. Zephir does this by compiling directly to C and then the C program is in turn compiled to be run as a PHP extension. This, coupled with the fact that Zephir's syntax is very similar to PHP makes it a perfect way for PHP developers to use it for customizing Phalcon.
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Loosely coupled components
Some components can be used as standalone packages like models, views, etc..
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Rocket
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Easy To Use
Rocket makes extensive use of Rust's code generation tools to provide a clean API.
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Abandoned
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Streams
Rocket streams all incoming and outgoing data, so size isn't a concern.
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Nightly
Uses only nightly versions of Rust.
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Cookies
View, add, or remove cookies, with or without encryption, without hassle.
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Testing Library
Unit test your applications with ease using the built-in testing library.
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Extensible
Easily create your own primitives that any Rocket application can use.
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Templating
Rocket makes rendering templates a breeze with built-in templating support.
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Query Strings
Handling query strings and parameters is type-safe and easy in Rocket.
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Type Safe
From request to response Rocket ensures that your types mean something.
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Boilerplate Free
Spend your time writing code that really matters, and let Rocket generate the rest.
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Config Environments
Configure your application your way for development, staging, and production.
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Written in:
Rust
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Revel
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Non-idiomatic code
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Comes bundled with a code reload tool
Revel comes bundled with a code reload tool which rebuilds the project on every file change. This code reload tool is also used to run, build and deploy the Revel application that you are building.
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Outdated
The world has moved past its MVC obsession. It's not the way the web works anymore. The good thing about go is that it's trivial to write a server applications (literally takes minutes). relying on a bloated, archaic framework is missing the point
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Good examples easy to understand with simple emulated MVC behavior
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Dead
Thankfully, this abomination is no longer being developed
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No need to find and install external libraries
Revel is a "batteries included" web framework, which means that a lot of features already come out of the box. This way you don't have to spend time and find third-party libraries to integrate to the framework for most of the tasks you need to complete.
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No official support for mongo
Revel does not come with any support for MongoDB, you can integrate third-party libraries but they have been reported to crash under heavy load.
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Easy to learn for fast development
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License:
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N2O
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Fast binary data
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Unfriendly developer community
Developers are often rude and unfriendly to users.
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Binary encoding and protocols
Here is a list of types of endpoints which are supported by EMQ and accesible to N2O apps: WebSockets, MQTT, MQTT-SN, TCP, UDP, CoAP. Normal use of N2O as a Web Framework or a Web Application Server is through WebSockets, but for IoT and MQTT applications it could be served through UDP or SCTP protocols providing application level message delivery consistency.
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Bad documentation
It has bad documentation, which leaves out crucial steps, making it hard to learn.
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Price:
FREE
Initial Release:
0.4
Default Template Engine:
NITRO
Default ORM:
KVS
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Koa
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Generator support from ground up
Using generators (a bleeding edge feature, even for Node.js) would clean up your code from the mess caused by all those callbacks; making your code more manageable.
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Community is relatively small
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Extremely lightweight
Koa is very lightweight with just 550 lines of code.
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Not compatible with express style middleware
Koa uses generators which are not compatible with any other type of Node.js framework middleware.
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async/await keywords are supported and has transcended beyond generator functions
Generators functions are of course a huge plus, but at the time Koa team has transcended generations functions and shifted towards async/await style programming. It has made the Koa best framework available in the market.
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Has no routes separated by HTTP method or URL pattern
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Development team has a proven track record
Koa is developed by the team behind a widely used node.js framework (express.js).
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Wrong Middle ware, security issue
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Built for ES6
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FastAPI
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Dependency injection
It has a simple but powerful dependency injection system, it can be used to handle authentication, per-user rate limiting, authorization controls (e.g. with roles), etc.
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Smaller community
Since FastAPI is relatively new, its community is smaller than Django Rest Framework. But it can grow with time.
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Standards
It is based on standards: OpenAPI, JSON Schema and OAuth 2.0.
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Data validation
It validates the data using the types you declared. Even in deeply nested JSON requests.
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High-performance
It's based on Starlette and Pydantic, so, it's one of the fastest Python frameworks.
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Editor completion
It is based on Python type declarations, so, editors and tools can give great support. Including type checks and autocompletion everywhere.
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One of the fastest growing communities
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Fast is really fast (!)
It's easy to develop API based applications in Python on deadlines for Android and IOS Development.
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Automatic docs
It generates interactive API documentation automatically from your code.
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Database independent
It's independent of database or ORM, but compatible with all of them. Including relational databases and NoSQL.
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Async IO / optional
It's based on Async IO, which gives it high concurrency. But you can use non-async libraries and it runs them appropriately.
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World class documentation
It has some of the best documentation of any framework.
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WebSockets
Because it's an async framework, it can handle async-native protocols like WebSockets.
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OAuth 2.0
It has integrated support for OAuth 2.0. Including declaring required scopes per endpoint. So, you can easily integrate it with external OAuth 2.0 providers or build your own with it.
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Background tasks
Included support for background tasks, thanks to being based on Starlette.
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Supports GraphQL
Python's graphene library is included as an optional dependency meaning that GraphQL API's are supported out of the box, with no additional tweaking needed.
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Cross-platform
License:
MIT
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Servant
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Automatic documentation and Haskell/JS query generation
Routes are defined end-to-end with type declarations. This allows your API to be introspective, serving its own documentation and derived query code, via jQuery for Javascript and servant-client for Haskell.
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Complicated internals
Extending Servant's existing functionality can be made difficult by the complexity of its type level machinery. Lucky most use cases are able to avoid this.
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Excellent documentation
We Haskellers are accustomed to flying completely blind when using many libraries, luckily with Servant this isn’t the case. It features comprehensive tutorials, literate haskell examples for many use cases and great Haddock documentation for everything else.
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Route specifications and implementations are only connected by their position in a large type list
You actually have to count the index of the entry where you changed the specification, and then go and change the entry at the same index in the list of implementation methods. There is no other indication that the two are connected. This along with complex and verbose route definitions, makes it very hard to safely make changes to an API.
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No Template Haskell
Everything is done within the confines of the existing type system, which helps keep compile times down.
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Route definitions are more verbose and complicated than other options
You are required to define a number of separate complicated types and their implementations which are usually spread out over a number of files. This makes it hard to figure out the API.
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Nice ecosystem
Fairly large ecosystem of related modules for additional functionality.
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AIDA/web
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Conceptually simple, yet complete
Most frameworks seem to tend towards conceptually simple, but also stripped down (such as Python's Flask), or go the other way and be very fully featured, yet complex. AIDA/web, however, manages to give a programmer a lot of expressive power, while remaining conceptually simple -- an afternoon will get you building websites, and you'll feel comfortable with AIDA/web in just a week or so.
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Relatively inactive
At the time of this writing, AIDA/web is 26 years old (first created in 1996). While maintaining pace with modern technologies (REST, Javascript, etc.), the community is small. You might find it difficult to find timely help, find resources and tutorials, etc.
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Smalltalk
Program your web app in Smalltalk, an enjoyable and easy language to use. Smalltalk was the language to inspire modern Object-Oriented programming and pioneered many of the programming concepts used today, such as MVC.
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Nested-Routes
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Embed Attoparsec parsers and regular expressions in a routable url
If you have a data encoding you would like to allow as a path chunk, you can do so by routing with an attoparsec parser or regular expression directly.
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Complicated Types
There is a lot of advanced language extensions in use for the engine - if you have a typo somewhere, the errors are practically impossible to understand.
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Nesting of Handlers
The ability to give a handler child handlers turns a list of handlers into a tree of handlers - much easier to maintain.
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Simple and Concise
Routing a RESTful api is very literal in Nested-Routes.
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