Express - Sinatra cover band for Node.js

We’ve covered cool things from TJ Holowaychuk before, but Express, a new Sinatra-ispired DSL-based web framework for Node.js brings us to our feet.

To install, simply clone the project from The Hub:

$ git clone git://github.com/visionmedia/express.git
$ cd express && git submodule update --init

or install via Kiwi

$ kiwi -v install express

From there, the syntax should look very familiar for the Sinatra fan:

require.paths.unshift('path/to/express/lib')
require('express')

get('/', function(){
  this.redirect('/hello/world')
})

get('/hello/world', function(){
  return 'Hello World'
})

run()

Features in this version include:

• RESTful DSL
• Focus on high performance
• Multi-part file upload support
• Cookie support
• Session support
• Redirection helpers
• Environment based configuration
• Light-weight class implementation
• Persistent flash messages
• Route passing
• MIME helpers
• Logger plugin with many formats
• View support (haml, sass, etc)
• Cache API
• RESTful HTTP client

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