dinoloop

Dinoloop

Dinoloop is a Nodejs framework, completely written in Typescript project designed to build REST APIs. Dinoloop adds syntactic sugar on top of expressjs enabling C#/Java programmers to easily write REST APIs with similar coding skills in node.

Dinoloop adds a layer on top of express but the express objects are still carried on to dinoloop. Whatever you might do in express can be done in dinoloop.

Prerequisites

• node 8.10.x or higher
• express 4.x.x or higher

Install

npm install dinoloop

Quickstart

Without Dependency Injection framework

git clone https://github.com/ParallelTask/dinoloop-starter.git
cd dinoloop-starter
npm install
npm start

With Dependency Injection framework

git clone https://github.com/ParallelTask/dinoloop-inversify-starter.git
cd dinoloop-inversify-starter
npm install
npm start

Navigate to http:localhost:8088/api/home/get in browser

Features

• Super easy set-up.
• Supports express middlewares, completely express compatible.
• Zero configuration to switch from express to dinoloop.
• Heavily influenced by MVC pattern.
• Proper isolation of controllers and services.
• Dependency injection support.
• Middlewares, ActionFilters, ExceptionFilters, ResultFilters at controller level.
• Robust Sync/Async middlewares to handle es6 async-await pattern.
• UserIdentity principal across request.

Documentation

• Visit the Wiki

Philosophy

Dinoloop lets user to freely upgrade/downgrade expressjs. Installing dinoloop won't install express. You can install your own version of express. All you have to provide is express app, express router instance to dinoloop.

Motivation

Typescript (Javascript now) supports object oriented programming, these features are great with SOLID design principles. Dinoloop is a tool that helps node developers to write Restful APIs with SOLID principles similar to JAVA and C# coding skills.

Community

Want to file a bug, contribute some code, or improve documentation? Excellent! Read up on our CONTRIBUTING.md

Join the dinoloop general discussion on Gitter.

License

MIT