polka
Express
polka | Express | |
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7 | 678 | |
5,342 | 63,824 | |
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4.4 | 8.3 | |
about 2 months ago | about 23 hours ago | |
JavaScript | JavaScript | |
MIT License | MIT License |
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polka
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Serving static files with Node.JS
Express.js, with its long-lived version 4 is famous for its somewhat low performance. Other projects like fastify or polka have benchmarks outperforming Express.js. I don’t know why Express is slower, maybe because of regex processing of routes? If you’re using parametric routes like /users/:userid/entity and have no regexp routes, then replacing Express.js with fastify or polka will add a performance boost to your app. They are not direct replacements, but you can convert code if you really need that boost. In the article below benchmarks shows huge improvement, but in reality, your code will be a limiting factor to your app performance, and you are unlikely notice any improvement.
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My Evaluation of SvelteKit for Full-Stack Web App Development
- once released and popular, they cease getting frequent updates
Now, yes this is a generalization. It doesn't apply to all of their packages, and not at the same point in time. But there is a pattern there. Some quick diving into the author's Github account, and their more popular repos shows the pattern. It's also clear that this was a choice made by a Svelte contributor to use their own package for "official" support in Svelte Kit.
When it comes to polka itself, I just don't get why a maturing framework like Svelte would choose something whose only real advantage lies in micro-benchmarking porn [1]. Speculation aside, I'm surprised the Svelte team didn't look at that choice through a lens of higher scrutiny. Koa would have been an infinitely better choice in my personal opinion, and there are several community-driven setups [2][3] for it.
[1] https://github.com/lukeed/polka#benchmarks
[2] https://github.com/kaladivo/svelte-kit-koa-boilerplate
[3] https://blog.logrocket.com/sapper-svelte-tutorial-2021/
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What are some packages that you used to solve problems that you encountered while developing applications?
Check out polka if you haven’t. It’s far leaner, and faster.
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Looking For Light Weight Node API Framework
polka link
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Deploying Sapper application to Deta.sh
Sapper, by default, uses polka as the server. I decided to use express instead.
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Multitenancy in Next.js
Learn something new every day. This is awesome I could probably use polka instead of express.
Express
- Express 5.0 – Last Push
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Create a Chat App With Node.js
Express: A lightweight framework for building web applications.
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Exploring Angular SSR: Development, API, Prefetching and Deployment
Now, we will create API using expressjs. When we created application using --ssr flag, the Angular CLI already took care of installing expressjs for us.
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Building a GitHub activity feed with Node.js and Socket.io
First, we import express. The Express framework allows us to create routes that will respond to webhook POST requests and serve an HTML file when a GET request is made to the root of the site.
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How to Build an AI FAQ System with Strapi, LangChain & OpenAI
Basic Knowledge of Express
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Building a RESTful API with Node.js and Express
Express.js Documentation
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7 Frameworks, One SAML Jackson - Your Open Source Single Sign-On Solution
In the JavaScript ecosystem, there are guides for enabling SAML-based enterprise single sign-on in AdonisJS, Express.js, Next.js, Remix, and React with an Express.js backend.
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8 NPM Packages for JavaScript Beginners [2024][+tutorials]
Starting off strong with Express.js, the cool kid on the block for building web apps. It's lightweight, flexible, and doesn't throw a tantrum when you ask it to scale. With Express, you can handle HTTP requests like a pro, play around with middleware, set up routes without breaking a sweat, and render views that make your app look stunning. Big names like Netflix and Uber are already on board, and if it's good enough for them, it's definitely worth a peek.
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Full Stack Web Development Concept map
express - one of the most popular middleware tools, lightweight and easy to learn. docs
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Screen Sharing with WebRTC: Harnessing JavaScript for Seamless Streaming
Now we can install both Express and Socket.io libraries:
What are some alternatives?
SvelteKit - web development, streamlined
Next.js - The React Framework
fastify - Fast and low overhead web framework, for Node.js
serve-static - Serve static files
Nuxt.js - Nuxt is an intuitive and extendable way to create type-safe, performant and production-grade full-stack web apps and websites with Vue 3. [Moved to: https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt]
tinyhttp - 🦄 0-legacy, tiny & fast web framework as a replacement of Express
AdonisJs Application
fastify-static - Plugin for serving static files as fast as possible
Restify - The future of Node.js REST development
marshal.ts - A new full-featured and high-performance TypeScript framework