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ExpressJS vs Tastypie: What are the differences?
What is 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.
What is Tastypie? Creating delicious APIs for Django apps since 2010. Tastypie is a webservice API framework for Django. It provides a convenient, yet powerful and highly customizable abstraction for creating REST-style interfaces.
ExpressJS and Tastypie can be primarily classified as "Microframeworks (Backend)" tools.
Some of the features offered by ExpressJS are:
- Robust routing
- HTTP helpers (redirection, caching, etc)
- View system supporting 14+ template engines
On the other hand, Tastypie provides the following key features:
- Full GET/POST/PUT/DELETE/PATCH support
- Reasonable defaults
- Designed to be extended at every turn
ExpressJS and Tastypie are both open source tools. ExpressJS with 44.6K GitHub stars and 7.48K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Tastypie with 3.54K GitHub stars and 1.12K GitHub forks.
Pros of ExpressJS
- Simple380
- Node.js336
- Javascript244
- High performance193
- Robust routing152
- Middlewares73
- Open source72
- Great community59
- Hybrid web applications37
- Well documented16
- Rapid development9
- Sinatra inspired9
- Socket connection7
- Isomorphic js.. superfast and easy7
- Light weight5
- Resource available for learning4
- Npm4
- Event loop3
- Callbacks3
- Data stream2
Pros of Tastypie
- Good in Django2
- Fast development1
- Customizable1
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Cons of ExpressJS
- Not python27
- Overrated17
- No multithreading14
- Javascript9
- Not fast5
- Easily Insecure for Novices3