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Koa vs NestJS

Koa
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NestJS
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Pros of Koa
Pros of NestJS
  • 5
    Async/Await
  • 5
    JavaScript
  • 1
    REST API
  • 39
    Powerful but super friendly to work with
  • 32
    Fast development
  • 30
    Easy to understand documentation
  • 27
    Angular style syntax for the backend
  • 26
    NodeJS ecosystem
  • 22
    Its easy to understand since it follows angular syntax
  • 15
    Typescript
  • 10
    Integrates with Narwhal Extensions
  • 9
    Good architecture
  • 7
    Typescript makes it well integrated in vscode
  • 7
    Graphql support easy
  • 5
    Agnosticism
  • 4
    Easily integrate with others external extensions
Cons of Koa
Cons of NestJS
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    • 4
      User base is small. Less help on Stackoverflow
    • 4
      Difficult to debug
    • 3
      Angular-like architecture
    • 1
      Updates with breaking changes
    • 1
      Javascript
    • 1
      Frontend in backend
    • 1
      Unstable

    What is Koa?

    Koa aims to be a smaller, more expressive, and more robust foundation for web applications and APIs. Through leveraging generators Koa allows you to ditch callbacks and greatly increase error-handling. Koa does not bundle any middleware.

    What is NestJS?

    Nest is a framework for building efficient, scalable Node.js server-side applications. It uses progressive JavaScript, is built with TypeScript (preserves compatibility with pure JavaScript) and combines elements of OOP (Object Oriented Programming), FP (Functional Programming), and FRP (Functional Reactive Programming). Under the hood, Nest makes use of Express, but also, provides compatibility with a wide range of other libraries, like e.g. Fastify, allowing for easy use of the myriad third-party plugins which are available.
    What companies use Koa?
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    What tools integrate with Koa?
    What tools integrate with NestJS?
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