Bellavista

Bellavista is a small isomorphic framework for writing modular, expressive JavaScript applications. It may be used in the browser, on the server, standalone, alongside another MVC framework, and with connect or express.

It is built on a few core principles:

1. Expressive. Have the freedom to express your application intuitively, while providing enough structure to streamline development.
2. Don't Repeat Yourself. A Bellavista server can intelligently bundle code such as routes and views to be shared with the client.
3. Automatic Enhancement. Bellavista can share your API and rendering code with the client, so it can query the server for data and then render client-side at no extra development cost.

Note: Bellavista is very early in development and is not yet fully functional. API documentation and basic functionality is the first priority and will be done soon. For projects requiring a stable API, you may consider Sweetroll, the tiny, experimental predecessor to Bellavista.

// A simple Bellavista client program
var app = bellavista();

app.controller("appController", [], function() {
    this.showTitle = function(title) {
        $("#title").html(title);
    }
});

app.route("/", ["appController"], function(appController) {
    appController.showTitle("Hello world!");
});

For a full example, see here.