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Sails.js
Developer(s)Mike McNeil and others
Initial release2012; 13 years ago (2012)
Stable release
1.3.1 / September 8, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-09-08)[1]
RepositorySails.js Repository
Written inJavaScript
Operating systemCross-platform
PlatformNode.js
TypeWeb framework
LicenseMIT License
Websitesailsjs.com

Sails.js (or Sails)[2] is a Model-View-Controller (MVC) web application framework developed atop the Node.js environment,[3]: 1, 19  released as free and open-source software under the MIT License.[4][5] It is designed to make it easy to build custom, enterprise-grade Node.js web applications and APIs.[4][6] Emulating the MVC architecture of other frameworks, like Ruby on Rails,[3]: 19  it offers similar pattern and familiarity, reducing the cognitive burden when switching between other frameworks/languages.

Features

Sails.js offers a host of features and attributes. Because it is built on Node.js and Express.js,[7] it enables applications to be built with 100% JavaScript. This not only includes models, views, and controllers; but also configuration files and adapters (e.g., database).

Like Ruby on Rails,[2] Sails.js provides an Object-relational mapping interface, using Waterline.js, which abstracts the database interaction.[7] This enables a uniform API regardless of the underlying database being used.[8]

A number of other packages are included to enable fast auto-generated REST APIs, WebSockets by default using Socket.io;[2] and compatibility features making it front-end agnostic so that many tools and frameworks (AngularJS, React.js, Android, iOS, etc.) are supported.

Community Acclaim

As compared to other libraries/frameworks, like FeathersJS, Sails offers a host of features out of the box.

References

  1. ^ "Releases · balderdashy/sails · GitHub". Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Krol, Jason (2014). Web Development with MongoDB and Node.js. Packt. pp. PT455. ISBN 9781783987313 – via Google Books (Preview).
  3. ^ a b Shahid, Shaikh (2016). Sails.js Essentials. Birmingham, UK: Packt. ISBN 9781783554546. OCLC 944986529 – via Google Books (Preview).
  4. ^ a b "Sails.js | Realtime MVC Framework for Node.js". The Sails Company. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  5. ^ "sails". npm, inc. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  6. ^ Rajput, Mehul (12 December 2016). "Top Reasons Why Sails.js Is The Best Node.js Web Framework". mindinvenory. Mindinventory. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  7. ^ a b Yang, Chuoxian. "Comparison Of Four Popular Node.js Frameworks | Toptal". toptal. Toptal, LLC. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Waterline.js home page".
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