I took a look at Nest.JS on the recommendation of a friend and honestly, it just looks like people are re-inventing the wheel (Spring Boot) on top of the Node.js runtime.

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  • nestjs-commander

    A module for using NestJS to build up CLI applications

    The entire idea Kamil had behind Nest was to create a framework that encouraged clean architectural design and a common format for Node projects. I've gone so far as to develop packages on top of it that aren't HTTP related at all, like command line applications and an abstraction to help create them.

  • InversifyJS

    A powerful and lightweight inversion of control container for JavaScript & Node.js apps powered by TypeScript.

    NestJS is heavily inspired by Angular, which was heavily inspired by Java SpringBoot and C# design patterns. I wouldn't quite say it's re-inventing the wheel, as there's nothing in node that works like this yet. There's a few other DI frameworks (inversify which is more barebones DI, and FoalTS which (to me) feels like NestJS Lite), but none that I know of that come close to NestJS.

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    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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