NestJS vs Tapestry: What are the differences?
What is NestJS? A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient and scalable server-side applications by @kammysliwiec. 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 is Tapestry? An open-source component-oriented Java web application framework. It is an open-source framework for creating dynamic, robust, highly scalable web applications in Java. It involves creating HTML templates using plain HTML, and adding a small java class for each.
NestJS and Tapestry can be categorized as "Frameworks (Full Stack)" tools.
Some of the features offered by NestJS are:
- Extensible - Gives you true flexibility by allowing use of any other libraries thanks to modular architecture.
- Versatile - An adaptable ecosystem that is a fully-fledged backbone for all kinds of server-side applications.
- Progressive - Takes advantage of latest JavaScript features, bringing design patterns and mature solutions to node.js world.
On the other hand, Tapestry provides the following key features:
- Pure Java and Polyglot
- Convention over Configuration
- Highly Productive
NestJS and Tapestry are both open source tools. NestJS with 20K GitHub stars and 1.49K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Tapestry with 77 GitHub stars and 62 GitHub forks.