Why a new framework?

[j209]

Hi What is different between Foal and Nest,adonis etc?

[LoicPoullain]

Hi @j209

Thanks for your interest!

adding #378

Nest

FoalTS and NestJS are both Node.js frameworks that support TypeScript natively. They have some differences though:

• NestJS architecture is greatly inspired by Angular. Foal's architecture is meant to be simpler and easily approachable from non-Angular developers. You'll only find three "components" in Foal: controllers, services and hooks. The goal is to give more freedom to developers. They don't spend time trying to understand how the framework wants them doing what they want to do. Instead, the framework lets them build their app in their own way.
• FoalTS is also more than a TypeScript framework. Not only does it bring architecture. But it also offers many dev tools and utils out-of-the-box useful in many scenarios. For example, in FoalTS, you have utils to hash passwords, validate and sanitize request bodies, control access through groups and permissions, write and run unit tests, generate database migrations or manage configuration variables between several environments.

Adonis

I'm less familiar with Adonis but here are some differences:

• Foal is written in TypeScript and Adonis in JavaScript.
• The architecture is pretty different: Adonis defines its routes with functions whereas Foal uses classes and decorators.
• Adonis has its own ORM: Lucid. Foal uses TypeORM or Mongoose.

[chiqui3d]

Wow, I just started to work with Nest and found you trying to do it easier and I'm impressed, I love it, I'm going to try it and if any doubt or suggestion come back.

Thanks.

[simplenotezy]

@chiqui3d Curious what you ended up choosing. Currently learning Nest.js, and I really like it so far. But I also stumbled upon FoalTS.