KoaCoffee

The second framework assignment for Code Fellows Seattle JavaScript 401. This is a single-resource REST app using the server-side HTTP framework Koa in combination with MongoDB.

Compare/Contrast Koa with Express

Koa is known as being a lightweight framework created by the Express team, for Node.js, running on V8.

For both, you require the framework and use app.listen on the server.
Koa uses ES6 generators and yield next()
Koa uses this.request and this.response while Express uses (req,res)
Koa does not have a built-in router, while Express does.
Koa requires a separate middleware to handle routes.
Koa does not use callbacks, while Express does.
Koa has built-in error handling, while Express does not.
Koa and Express both use the same method calls:

.get()
.put()
.post()
.delete()

There are pros and cons to Koa and Express. The freedom of choice is yours!

API

REST model (/api/coffee)

}
name: String,
flavor: String,
body: String,
fairTrade: Boolean,
cupPreference: {type: String, default: 'coffee cup'},
location: String
}

Dependencies

"dependencies": {
  "glob": "^6.0.4",
  "koa": "^1.1.2",
  "koa-bodyparser": "^2.0.1",
  "koa-mongo": "^0.5.0",
  "koa-mongoose": "^1.0.9",
  "koa-router": "^5.3.0",
  "mongoose": "^4.3.7",
  "mongoose-q": "^0.1.0"
},
"devDependencies": {
  "chai": "^3.4.1",
  "chai-http": "^1.0.0",
  "gulp": "^3.9.0",
  "gulp-eslint": "^1.1.1",
  "gulp-mocha": "^2.2.0",
  "gulp-util": "^3.0.7",
  "mocha": "^2.3.4"
}

Authors

This server/router was written by Aaron Filson and Erika Hokanson as coursework for JavaScript 401 at Code Fellows.

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license.

AaronFilson/coffee

KoaCoffee

Contents

Compare/Contrast Koa with Express

API

Dependencies

Authors

License