Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Express, React, Node.JS

[Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just a general comment concerning Express... I started with Express and
have mostly moved to recommending (and using) HapiJs.  It just feels like
it is ready to be used in business-type applications and has a nice focus
on configuring vs. manual coding.  For example, here is how a route is
configured in HapiJs that includes validation using the Joi npm.

{
    method: 'GET',
    path: '/HYPB999/{FLD1}/{FLD2}',
    config: {
      handler: Handlers.get_HYPB999,
      description: 'Get specific HYPB999',
      notes: 'Get specific HYPB999',
      tags: ['api'],
      validate: {
        params: {
          FLD1 : Joi.string().required().description('D or P'),
          FLD2 : Joi.number().required().description(' ')
        }
      }
    }
  }

Aaron Bartell
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On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 8:27 AM, Kelly Cookson <KCookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Thanks for sharing that, Tim. There are a lot of good ways to bring the
> IBM i to the web.
>
> What was your shop's learning curve with Angular? I've heard Angular has a
> relatively steep learning curve, but I usually hear that from people
> advocating for other technologies. So I'd like to know your take on the
> learning curve for Angular.
>
> The reasons why I'm looking at Node, Express and React are because: (a) we
> have another development team interested in Node on the IBM i for their own
> reasons, (b) a lot of people use Express with Node, and (c) React is being
> used in one form or another by some high volume sites. For example, Walmart
> is using Node with something called Electrode, which is based on React. And
> React was created by Facebook.
>
> But other technologies can be equally good at meeting the needs of various
> shops.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kelly Cookson
> IT Project Leader
> Dot Foods, Inc.
> 217-773-4486 ext. 12676
> www.dotfoods.com<http://www.dotfoods.com>