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Overview of Different JavaScript's Libraries-&-Frameworks-&-Middlewares

JavaScript's ecosystem includes a wide variety of libraries, frameworks, and middleware, which are tools with distinct purposes and architectural approaches. 

  • Libraries are collections of reusable functions/code snippets to perform specific, common tasks, where the developer retains control over the application's flow.
  • Frameworks provide a structured foundation and dictate the architecture and flow of the application ("convention over configuration"), offering a more complete solution for building large applications.
  • Middleware functions operate within the request-response cycle of server-side applications (like Node.js/Express.js), performing actions such as logging, authentication, or data parsing before the final route handler is reached.

Citing the name of various JAVASCRIPT-LIBRARIES, JAVASCRIPT-FRAMEWORKS and JAVASCRIPT-MIDDLEWARES:

  1. React.js;
  2. jQuery;
  3. D3.js;
  4. Lodash;
  5. Chart.js;
  6. Ember.js;
  7. Nuxt.js;
  8. Three.js;
  9. Axios;
  10. Socket.IO;
  11. Angular;
  12. Vue.js;
  13. Svelte;
  14. Next.js;
  15. Express.js;
  16. Body-Parser;
  17. Morgan;
  18. Helmet;
  19. Cors;
  20. Passport;
  21. Koa;
  22. Nest.js;
  23. Redux;
  24. Sails.js;

 

Now, lets discuss the different libraries, frameworks and middlewares based on JavaScript Programming/Scripting Language point-wise:

  1. Angular: A full-fledged, opinionated framework (uses TypeScript) for building large-scale, enterprise-level single-page applications (SPAs) with built-in features like routing and dependency injection.
  2. Vue.js: A progressive framework that is known for its simplicity, ease of integration, and detailed documentation, often used for SPAs and interactive user interfaces.
  3. Svelte: A more recent, compiler-based framework that compiles components into highly efficient vanilla JavaScript at build time, resulting in smaller bundle sizes and faster runtime performance without a virtual DOM.
  4. Next.js: A React-based full-stack framework that provides features like server-side rendering (SSR) and static site generation (SSG) for performance and SEO optimization, popular for e-commerce and content-heavy sites.
  5. Chart.js: A simple yet powerful library for adding various types of charts and graphs to web applications.
  6. Ember.js: An opinionated framework that follows the "convention over configuration" principle, providing a robust structure and a complete development solution for ambitious web applications.
  7. Nuxt.js: A versatile framework built on Vue.js that enhances it with features like SSR, static generation, and a modular architecture.
  8. AXIOS: A promise-based HTTP client for making API requests, widely used in modern JavaScript applications.
  9. Express.js: A minimalist and flexible back-end web application framework for Node.js, providing a robust set of features for building web servers and APIs, with extensive middleware support.
  10. React.js: A popular library for building user interfaces with a component-based architecture and a virtual DOM for efficient updates.
  11. jQuery: A classic, lightweight library that simplifies HTML DOM manipulation, event handling, animations, and AJAX calls, and works across multiple browsers.
  12. D3.js: (Data-Driven Documents) A library for creating dynamic and interactive data visualizations (charts, graphs, etc.) by binding data to the DOM.
  13. Lodash: Provides utility functions for common programming tasks, such as working with arrays, objects, and strings, making code cleaner and more concise.
  14. Three.js: A library used to create and display animated 3D computer graphics in a web browser using WebGL.
  15. Socket.IO: Enables real-time, event-based, two-way communication between the client (browser) and the server using WebSockets.
  16. BODY-PARSER: Parses incoming HTTP request bodies, which is useful for handling form data or JSON payloads. Express.js now includes built-in versions of this functionality (express.json(), express.urlencoded()).
  17. MORGAN: An HTTP request logger middleware, used for logging request details in development and production environments.
  18. HELMET: A collection of middleware functions that help secure Node.js applications by setting various security-related HTTP headers to mitigate common vulnerabilities like XSS and CSRF.
  19. CORS: Enables Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) with various options, allowing the server to specify which origins are permitted to access its resources.
  20. PASSPORT: A popular authentication middleware that offers a flexible, modular architecture to implement various authentication strategies (local, OAuth, JWT, etc.).
  21. KOA: Developed by the team behind Express, Koa is a lighter-weight Node.js middleware framework that uses async functions to simplify error handling and improve code readability.
  22. NESTJS: A progressive Node.js framework for building scalable, enterprise-level server-side applications, utilizing TypeScript and a modular architecture inspired by Angular.
  23. REDUX: While primarily used as a state management library with React, its core principles can be applied across different frameworks (with relevant bindings) to manage application state in a predictable way using middleware to handle side effects.
  24. SAILSJS: A real-time MVC framework built on Node.js and Express that simplifies building APIs and supports WebSockets for live data updates.
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