nodejs-web-jade-scaffold
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nodejs-web-jade-scaffold
Scaffold App for Node.js, Express, Jade, Passport, MongoDB, Bootstrap
github.com#node.js scaffold#express boilerplate#jade template#passport mongodb#bootstrap starter
How HN took it
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Design: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Good starting point for quick early-stage development
From 1 comment
This right here seems like the best trade off between accounting for technical debt in the future and having quick development in the early stages of a business/startup.
icpmacdo on HN
Objections
MongoDB has a poor reputation for data safety and unsafe defaults
From 4 comments
Having read https://gist.github.com/mapopa/3619146, I'm not eager to trust the judgment of a team who was ever willing to handle users' data so recklessly. Same reason I avoid…
prodigal_erik on HNMongoDB is bad because it has unsafe defaults (e.g., acknowledging writes that haven't happened), not because you can query it in JavaScript.
nailer on HNFor quite a long time, mongodb defaulted to buffering writes (presumably to win benchmarks) and dropping errors on the floor. Storage is not the only layer at which their…
prodigal_erik on HNI'll just leave this here. http://cryto.net/~joepie91/blog/2015/07/19/why-you-should-never-ever-ever-use-mongodb/
Killswitch on HN
No tests in the project
From 1 comment
One minor critique. You don't appear to have any tests.
awjr on HN
Requests
Add tests
From 1 comment
One minor critique. You don't appear to have any tests.
awjr on HN
Questions
Why Koa instead of Express
From 1 comment
Curious to see why you recommend Koa vs Express?. Looks simpler at first but if you can elaborate that would be great.
pacomerh on HN
Alternatives named
Koa skeleton
From 1 comment
I have a scaffold for Node + Koa (microframework) + Postgres + Twitter Bootstrap + Nunjucks (templating): - Demo: https://koa-skeleton.danneu.com/ - Source:…
danneu on HN
Hackathon Starter
From 1 comment
You might enjoy the Hackathon Starter: https://github.com/sahat/hackathon-starter It has much more middleware, but is easy to strip down, based on what you're building. It also…
nemild on HN
PE-N-starter with PouchDB
From 1 comment
Take a look at https://github.com/bahmutov/PE-N-starter - PouchDB (which later can proxy to CouchDB), Express and Node. Much better DB and no locking you to any rendering…
bahmutov on HN