oncholdings/graft.js

a server-first mvc framework

Graft.js

Graft is a new javascript 'framework' developed by ONC Holdings, aka StudentEdge.

It has a slightly different (and ancillary) approach from the other frameworks out there, in that it is trying to provide a standardised 'execution environment' between the server and the browser, to allow you to more easily deploy the same codebase on both platforms.

It tries to even out the differences between the two environments, and provide some helpful functionality to implement parts that are just different.

It's closest neighbour in the world of 'frameworks' would probably be AirBnB's Rendr, except that it doesn't assume you want to render anything on the server, or even anything at all.

Features

Render on the server or the client : Or both. Different projects have different needs.

Seamless build automation : We make use of browserify and related middleware, to keep the entire packaging aspect as hands off as possible.

Keep our assumptions out of your code base : We try our best to avoid requirements from your code.

(almost) Everything is optional: Most of it's functionality is turned off by default, and easily enabled.

Explicit is better than implicit: We try to stay away from declarative structures when trying to solve imperative problems.

Projects

package	description	build status
graft.js	Main Library
graft-example	Example project
graft-auth	Pluggable authentication layer
graft-bootstrap	Twitter bootstrap integration via LESS
graft-couch	CouchDB database adaptor
graft-mockdb	Simple data layer to mock up data access for tests
graft-schema	JSON Schema validation of models

Installation

npm install --save graftjs

Running

node server.js

Usage

See graft-example for a more complete example.

Run tests

npm test