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zenex

v0.1.5

Published

Simple and blazing fast web framework for Node.js

Readme

Zenex - Simple and blazing fast web framework for Node.js

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Zenex is a simple web framework that allows developing web servers quickly and efficiently. It is built on top of Node.js's http module, and has a runtime similar to Express. (Zenex is compatible with Express, and can be used as a syntax-alternative drop-in replacement for Express.)

Zenex is designed to be simple and easy to use, and is suited for use in any sized projects. It is not intended to be a full-featured framework like Express, but rather a lightweight framework+langauge extension pack that allows you to write web servers quickly and efficiently.

Installation

Installing Zenex is easy. Simply run the following command in your terminal:

npm install zenex

Usage

Zenex is imported as a module, and constructed with the zenex() function:

const zenex = require('zenex');
const app = zenex();

The app object supplies everything you need to create a web server. To make a static HTTP server, use:

var server = app.createServer();
app.useStatic('public'); // Host files in the 'public' directory

Now, lets listen on the port 3000:

app.listen(3000, () => {
    console.log('Listening on port 3000');
});

When we call app.useStatic(), it appends a 'handler' function to the handler stack. When a request is made, the handler stack is iterated through, and the first handler that matches the request is called. The useStatic() handler matches all requests, and serves the requested file if it exists. If the file does not exist, the next handler in the stack is called.

Accounts

Now introducing the Zenex Account System! This is a simple account system that allows you to create accounts into a local database. It is designed to be lightweight yet flexible. It is not intended to be a full-featured account system.

Documentation for the account system will be available soon. JSDoc is supplied, and most features are self-explanatory :]