AdonisJS
ELI5 — The Vibe Check
AdonisJS is what happens when a Node.js developer gets jealous of Laravel and Rails. It's a full-featured MVC framework with everything included — ORM, auth, validation, the whole buffet. No more gluing 47 npm packages together.
Real Talk
AdonisJS is a TypeScript-first Node.js web framework inspired by Laravel. It provides an integrated ecosystem including Lucid ORM, authentication, validation, mailers, and a templating engine. It follows MVC architecture and emphasizes developer productivity with convention over configuration.
Show Me The Code
import Route from '@ioc:Adonis/Core/Route'
Route.get('/users', async ({ response }) => {
const users = await User.all()
return response.json(users)
})
When You'll Hear This
"AdonisJS gives you a Laravel-like experience in the Node ecosystem." / "We switched to AdonisJS because we were tired of assembling Express middleware."
Related Terms
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