Saturn
Opinionated, web development framework for F# which implements the server-side, functional MVC pattern (by SaturnFramework)
DotVVM
Open source MVVM framework for Web Apps (by riganti)
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Saturn | DotVVM | |
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9 | 5 | |
695 | 732 | |
0.6% | 0.8% | |
2.1 | 9.4 | |
7 days ago | 9 days ago | |
F# | C# | |
MIT License | Apache License 2.0 |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Saturn
Posts with mentions or reviews of Saturn.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-19.
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F# File uploads with Saturn and Falco
Today I don't have a new series to start with but rather a simple example which may or may not grow in another blog series. For the moment we'll talk about how to do File uploads to an F# backend powered by Falco and Saturn so let's get started!
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Targeting Node, Bun and Deno With F#
Bix is a micro-framework designed with F# in mind and that runs on both Deno and Bun! and in theory it also should even run in a service worker! (intercepting fetch requests) although I haven't tested that yet, it offers a general purpose handler that coupled with a set of route definitions it can bring a Giraffe/Saturn like framework to life in JavaScript runtimes which is incredibly awesome! useful? maybe not ๐ , but awesome indeed. Let's see some code for it
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If you were to create a Web API today from scratch how would you do it ?
Backend: Most likely it would be a toss between https://saturnframework.org or https://giraffe.wiki. They both combins the extremely good type system in F# combined with the ease of a minimal API.
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Why did you (any .NET pro) either choose or switch to using F#?
The "S" stands for Saturn. Suave is not very popular.
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Building a Webpack alternative in F#
While for a proof of concept Suave did great, I switched it in favor of Saturn given my familiarity with it and some ASP.NET code.
- Show HN: F# web server in 3-4 lines of code
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Phoenix for F#
Saturn is heavily inspired by phoenix and has similar generators, and a channel system that is similar. As well as almost the exact same syntax for the router with plugs and all.
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Doing MVC in F# and Saturn
Today we'll try to keep it as simple as possible but no promises, since this entry is about creating web servers in F# using Saturn and not only that, we'll also try to go for a more traditional'ish MVC.
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Saturn 0.15 Released ๐ท๐๐ช
๐ฑrelease on github
DotVVM
Posts with mentions or reviews of DotVVM.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-28.
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Is Web Forms still not an option in .net 6.0?
Have a look at DotMVVM. They've gone to great lengths to provide a gradual upgrade process for Webforms projects.
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knowing what I know now I must flee
If you have any experience with modern web development, this could actually be a great opportunity. I'm in a similar situation with an application that is extremely old and running on Web Forms (and in VB.NET, god I hate that language). Pretty much every developer on my team has no idea how to build a modern web site, so I get to run pretty much everything related to modernization. It's great experience for the resume. I would recommend using DotVVM (https://www.dotvvm.com) for a rewrite. It's not very popular yet, but it lets you iteratively migrate web forms apps to a .NET Core compliant application. From there, you could rewrite even further into something like React.
- Microsoft, please open-source Web Forms ๐ซโฌ๏ธ๐
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DotVVM for Visual Studio 2022 is now available
DotVVM is an ASP.NET framework that allows us to create web applications using the MVVM (Model, View, ViewModel) pattern with C# and HTML.
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How to Upgrade a Codebase from .NET Framework to .NET 6
I have one first step for the upgrade: Change WebForms to DotVVM. Sadly, that is already an enormous task :(
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Saturn and DotVVM you can also consider the following projects:
Giraffe - A native functional ASP.NET Core web framework for F# developers.
ASP.NET MVC
Suave.IO - Suave is a simple web development F# library providing a lightweight web server and a set of combinators to manipulate route flow and task composition.
ย dotNetify - Simple, lightweight, yet powerful way to build real-time web apps.
Falco - A toolkit for building fast and functional-first web applications using F#.
ASP.NET Core - ASP.NET Core is a cross-platform .NET framework for building modern cloud-based web applications on Windows, Mac, or Linux.
Freya - Freya Web Stack - Meta-Package
FubuMVC - A front-controller style MVC framework for .NET