What is Bookshelf.js?
It stems from the Knex.js, which is a flexible query builder that works with PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQLite3. Bookshelf.js builds on top of this by providing functionality for creating data models, forming relations between these models, and other common tasks needed when querying a database.
Bookshelf.js is a tool in the Object Relational Mapper (ORM) category of a tech stack.
Bookshelf.js is an open source tool with GitHub stars and GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Bookshelf.js's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Bookshelf.js?
Companies
Developers
4 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Bookshelf.js.
Bookshelf.js Integrations
JavaScript, Node.js, MySQL, MongoDB, and SQLite are some of the popular tools that integrate with Bookshelf.js. Here's a list of all 6 tools that integrate with Bookshelf.js.
Pros of Bookshelf.js
3
Bookshelf.js's Features
- Table creation
- Manipulation
- Promise-based and traditional callback interfaces
- Transaction
Bookshelf.js Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Bookshelf.js?
Objection.js
It aims to stay out of your way and make it as easy as possible to use the full power of SQL and the underlying database engine while still making the common stuff easy and enjoyable.
MySQL
The MySQL software delivers a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL Server is intended for mission-critical, heavy-load production systems as well as for embedding into mass-deployed software.
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including
transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types
and functions.
MongoDB
MongoDB stores data in JSON-like documents that can vary in structure, offering a dynamic, flexible schema. MongoDB was also designed for high availability and scalability, with built-in replication and auto-sharding.
Redis
Redis is an open source (BSD licensed), in-memory data structure store, used as a database, cache, and message broker. Redis provides data structures such as strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets with range queries, bitmaps, hyperloglogs, geospatial indexes, and streams.
