Vroom - A simple resource web framework for Node.js

WARNING - Currently going through a large rework.

This reworking might break some/none/all of the current API. Expect the reworked release within a week or two depending on the time I have to work on it.

Vroom's goals are to be an easy to use web framework for building scalable HTTP oriented applications.

Core Goals

* Do NOT mess with Node.js's ability to stream data.
* Work with the async nature of Node.js, not against.
* Have a simple API (a little magic is fine!)
* Have a simple core.

While I feel that these goals are currently met to certain degrees, I believe there is still a bunch of work to do to fully meet each goal.

Routing

Routing is achieved by a mix of pure path based routing (i.e. Sinatra), Merb routing and a simple mounting approach.

Usage

For a demo app see: test/app/

Here is a totally simple example app

var vroom = require("lib/vroom.js");

var resource = function() {
  get("/", function() {
    return "Welcome to Vroom!";
  });

  get("/person(/:name)", function(name) {
    return "Hello: " + (name || "unknown");
  });

  get("/stream", function() {
    write("Hello ");
    write("World!");
    finish();
  });
}

function onLoad() {
  // Create a new Application
  var app = vroom.createApp();

  // This is were we mount our resource from above
  // we are going to mount this on "/"
  app.mount("/", resource);

  // Finally we start the application up
  app.boot();
}

Since the onLoad (mounting/booting/etc) is separate from the resources, this can (and usually is) be in its own file. See the test/app for a more detailed example with templates and such.

To boot that:

$ node that-file.js

Note that you need Node.js installed prior to running the application.