Web Frameworks Team

[wesleytodd]

We would like to kick off a new team. The scope of the team would be as follows:

This WG would be focused around how the core http(1/2/3) and other related apis fit the needs of the web frameworks (express, fastify, restify, hapi, koa etc). It would also give the maintainers a forum to discuss and collaborate on issues which span the projects.

The first things we will need are a team and a repo. The working name is "Web Server Frameworks", so it would make sense to me to start with web-server-frameworks as the repo name (assuming it is not a problem to change the name if we land on something more fitting).

So far the initial list of members are:

@wesleytodd @dougwilson @jasnell @retrohacker @mcollina @Ethan-Arrowood @ghermeto @hueniverse @JozefFlakus @delvedor @sheplu @ayenisholah @niftylettuce @fed135 @donutespresso @AlexZeitler @arei @gireeshpunathil @RamirezAlex @drawm @MarcinHoppe @Alyssa-Cooper @antsmartian @kamilmysliwiec @ronag @LoicPoullain @mhdawson @bajtos @raymondfeng @blakeembrey

I only listed those who explicitly said they want to be involved in https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/issues/795 or at the Collab summit.

I am sure there are others, so if you see this and are interested please comment and I will add you to the list above, but here are some others who might also want to be:

@linusu @jonathanong @dead-horse @hekike @hacksparrow

[hueniverse]

I am certainly interested in learning more about such effort.

[JozefFlakus]

Interesting idea, I'm curious about the topics that will be covered there. As a framework author you can add me as well.

[wesleytodd]

For those who follow here, just to be clear, if you express interest I will add you to the list of members above. If you do not want this, please be clear about your intent. @JozefFlakus and @hueniverse are both added to the members list!

[delvedor]

I'm very interested as well, great initiative! :)

[sheplu]

Not a web framework dev but using them on serverless most of the time. So if I can help I will be very interested !

[MylesBorins]

I think this is an awesome idea and am happy to help in anyway y'all need to be successful.

I do want to suggest that this effort be framed as a team to start. To become a working group involves creating a charter and being given clear authority over specific work areas of the Node.js project. While I see this effort as massively improving our ecosystem I do not yet see clarity on what exactly the group would like authority over, and as such a team makes more sense while that spins up.

Some historical bits to keep in mind. The modules team, is still a team after 2+ years of active work on ESM and is only now starting to discuss chartering. The release working group started as the lts team and only chartered in 2017 2+ years after it's formation.

I mention these two instances not to create any sort of barrier, especially time wise, but more to point out that both of these initiatives were extremely successful in making large / impactful change in Node.js, and it was only at the point that there was no questions regarding ownership (release) or that something significant had shipped (modules) that chartering was actively discussed.

[Xstoudi]

@RomainLanz and @thetutlage should be listed in here IMO

[wesleytodd]

@MylesBorins I agree and have updated the request. I am not sure we would ever want specific authority over work in Node.js and I agree that chartering would serve no purpose for us now. One thing to point out, while this process has been done a few times there are no docs, only docs for starting a WG (see https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/issues/795).

[ayenisholah]

I am interested. I love Node.js

[MylesBorins]

@wesleytodd I think I found the documentation

TL;DR

• Make issue to make a new repo (this one)
• Request team to own new repo
  • if no team exists request to make a new one
• In 72 hours if there are no objections team + repo are made.

Seems like you've done all the heavy lifting already! I can help with making the repo + team in 72 hours if there are no objections

[niftylettuce]

I'd be interested, actively building Lad

[wesleytodd]

Also, how do people feel about changing the name to Server Frameworks Team? It was brought to my attention that Web Frameworks strongly implies the front-end ones (react, vue, etc), which is not my intended focus.

[retrohacker]

A quick sampling of some framework home pages:

Express calls itself a web framework Fastify calls itself a web framework Restify calls itself a web service framework Hapi calls itself a framework Koa calls itself a web framework

I have a preference to keep "web framework" in the name since it seems to be rather standard across the ecosystem. But ultimately don't care too much about what color we paint this shed :smile:

[wesleytodd]

Web Server Framework?

[fed135]

This is very relevant to my interests!

[niftylettuce]

~HTTP Framework is pretty simple/focused, and doesn't limit us to just Web since a lot of these also serve as API frameworks. But then do people consider API part of Web? What about using one of these frameworks as an API for a React Native iOS/Android app?~

Web Server Framework is 👍

[wesleytodd]

I really dont want to limit to http. I think protocol doesn't really matter as long as the domain is the server framework. And for sure api servers fit within this fully. It looks like atleast a few gave "Web Server Framework Team" the 👍, but does anyone have other ideas (or object to that name)?

[JozefFlakus]

I would say that, as far it is visible under @nodejs organization it carries the domain implicitly. If it will stay as Web Frameworks Team everyone will recognize the domain properly, and it will be easier to remember and operate in the future.

[DonutEspresso]

I am interested too.

[AlexZeitler]

I would be interested, mostly from a Hypermedia perspective in web frameworks.

[arei]

Interested.

[gireeshpunathil]

request to add me to the team. my motivations:

• to help the middleware abstractions of these frameworks are well aligned / stacked up with node core functions
• consider these frameworks as the prominent node.js workloads, gather usage insights and feed it back to the core

[RamirezAlex]

I would love to help :)

[drawm]

Count me in. I would love to get involved!

[MarcinHoppe]

I will definitely be following this effort and will try to contribute if anything security related pops up.

[Cooper-Cole]

This is a great initiative. I'd love to contribute!

[antsmartian]

This is a great initiative. I'm someone who involve myself with load of web development in my day to day life, would love to contribute in this idea. Count me in.

[kamilmysliwiec]

Great idea, I'm happy to help as well! (NestJS)

[mcollina]

I’m in!

I would also invite @ronag, who has done extensive work on http in core.

[ronag]

I'm interested as well.

[LoicPoullain]

I'm interested as well! (FoalTS)

[mhdawson]

I'm in as well.

[bajtos]

I'd like to join too (https://loopback.io)

[raymondfeng]

I'd like to join too - LoopBack.

[blakeembrey]

Thanks @wesleytodd, I'd love to be involved.

[wesleytodd]

Ok, I have added everyone who has posted. According to the docs it needs to wait 72 hours without objection, and I posted 3 days ago, so I guess we are good to go!

Thanks everyone for the interest and once we get the team and repo setup I will post a doodle so we can pick a time for our first meeting.

[MylesBorins]

thanks @wesleytodd for pinging the thread. I'll go ahead and spin stuff up.

[MylesBorins]

Team created, Names in the list in original post have been added to that team. I've also made the repo and kicked it off with basic a basic README, code of conduct, license, and starter governance (including process for adding new members).

Gonna close this issue so y'all can take convo to the new repo

https://github.com/nodejs/web-server-frameworks