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Discussion on: Is Express.js still relevant?

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Chad Adams • Edited

With TypeScript becoming more popular I know a lot of people are using Nest.js now. (Which uses Express.js underneath). If you like to use JavaScript instead of TypeScript Express.js is still a great choice because it's very stable. Not having many commits is a good thing as long as bugs are being fixed. Then you don't have to worry about breaking changes or the api changing too quicky on you like what happens with newer frameworks. Express.js has been around for a while so it's been tested well.

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Sam Sverko

That's a good point. I guess Express has been around for a while and is quite stable. I will definitely check out Nest.js.

I've been playing around with trying to create a zero-dependency simple web app, and that's certainly coming along with many challenges. I wonder if this is even possible anymore...