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Anchor is a javascript library that lets you define strict types. It is used in Waterline and Sails.
This makes it really useful for things like:
Adds support for strongly typed arguments, like http://lea.verou.me/2011/05/strongly-typed-javascript/, but goes a step further by adding support for array and object sub-validation. It's also the core validation library for the Sails ecosystem.
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<script type='text/javscript' src="/js/anchor.js"></script>
npm install anchor
npm test
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High-level validation library for Node.js (used in Waterline)
The npm package anchor receives a total of 64,713 weekly downloads. As such, anchor popularity was classified as popular.
We found that anchor demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 5 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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