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Sails.js vs Slim: What are the differences?
Sails.js: Realtime MVC Framework for Node.js. Sails is designed to mimic the MVC pattern of frameworks like Ruby on Rails, but with support for the requirements of modern apps: data-driven APIs with scalable, service-oriented architecture; Slim: A PHP micro framework. Slim is easy to use for both beginners and professionals. Slim favors cleanliness over terseness and common cases over edge cases. Its interface is simple, intuitive, and extensively documented — both online and in the code itself.
Sails.js and Slim can be primarily classified as "Microframeworks (Backend)" tools.
"Data-driven apis " is the primary reason why developers consider Sails.js over the competitors, whereas "Microframework" was stated as the key factor in picking Slim.
Sails.js and Slim are both open source tools. It seems that Sails.js with 20.6K GitHub stars and 1.85K forks on GitHub has more adoption than Slim with 9.92K GitHub stars and 1.84K GitHub forks.
According to the StackShare community, Slim has a broader approval, being mentioned in 26 company stacks & 19 developers stacks; compared to Sails.js, which is listed in 32 company stacks and 12 developer stacks.
Pros of Sails.js
- Data-driven apis49
- Waterline ORM47
- Mvc37
- Easy rest32
- Real-time25
- Open source21
- Service-oriented architecture19
- Scalable18
- Convension over configuration10
- Rails-like asset pipeline9
- Node machines and machinepacks9
- Easy route/controller generation7
- Ruby on Rails basic stuff for JS devs6
- CLI for scaffolding project pieces3
- WebSocket support3
- Supportive community1
Pros of Slim
- Microframework33
- API27
- Open source22
- Php21
- Fast11
- Restful & fast framework8
- Easy Setup, Great Documentation7
- Modular5
- Clear and straightforward5
- Good document to upgrade from previous version5
- Dependency injection4
- Composer2
- Easy to learn2
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Cons of Sails.js
- Waterline ORM5
- Defaults to VueJS4
- Standard MVC0