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ExpressJS vs Grape: What are the differences?
ExpressJS: Sinatra inspired web development framework for node.js -- insanely fast, flexible, and simple. Express is a minimal and flexible node.js web application framework, providing a robust set of features for building single and multi-page, and hybrid web applications; Grape: An opinionated micro-framework for creating REST-like APIs in Ruby. Grape is a REST-like API micro-framework for Ruby. It's designed to run on Rack or complement existing web application frameworks such as Rails and Sinatra by providing a simple DSL to easily develop RESTful APIs. It has built-in support for common conventions, including multiple formats, subdomain/prefix restriction, content negotiation, versioning and much more.
ExpressJS and Grape belong to "Microframeworks (Backend)" category of the tech stack.
"Simple" is the top reason why over 321 developers like ExpressJS, while over 3 developers mention "Well documented" as the leading cause for choosing Grape.
ExpressJS and Grape are both open source tools. ExpressJS with 44.6K GitHub stars and 7.48K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Grape with 8.87K GitHub stars and 1.09K GitHub forks.
Twitter, Intuit, and OpenTable are some of the popular companies that use ExpressJS, whereas Grape is used by DivShot, TaxJar, and Master Of Code Global. ExpressJS has a broader approval, being mentioned in 854 company stacks & 788 developers stacks; compared to Grape, which is listed in 11 company stacks and 7 developer stacks.
Pros of ExpressJS
- Simple378
- Node.js333
- Javascript242
- High performance192
- Robust routing150
- Middlewares71
- Open source70
- Great community57
- Hybrid web applications37
- Well documented13
- Sinatra inspired9
- Rapid development9
- Isomorphic js.. superfast and easy7
- Socket connection5
- Light weight5
- Npm4
- Resource available for learning4
- Event loop3
- Callbacks3
- Data stream2
Pros of Grape
- Open source4
- Well documented4
- Can be used to apply good security to the whole API2
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Cons of ExpressJS
- Not python27
- Overrated17
- No multithreading14
- Javascript9
- Not fast5
- Easily Insecure for Novices2
Cons of Grape
- Code structure makes reuse difficult1
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