Spark Framework vs TypeORM

Overview

Spark Framework

Stacks39

Followers91

Votes7

GitHub Stars9.7K

Forks1.6K

TypeORM

Stacks756

Followers813

Votes81

GitHub Stars36.0K

Forks6.5K

Spark Framework vs TypeORM: What are the differences?

Spark Framework: A micro framework for creating web applications in Kotlin and Java 8 with minimal effort. It is a simple and expressive Java/Kotlin web framework DSL built for rapid development. Its intention is to provide an alternative for Kotlin/Java developers that want to develop their web applications as expressive as possible and with minimal boilerplate; TypeORM: An ORM that can run in NodeJS and others. It supports both Active Record and Data Mapper patterns, unlike all other JavaScript ORMs currently in existence, which means you can write high quality, loosely coupled, scalable, maintainable applications the most productive way.

Spark Framework and TypeORM can be primarily classified as "Microframeworks (Backend)" tools.

TypeORM is an open source tool with 14.4K GitHub stars and 1.85K GitHub forks. Here's a link to TypeORM's open source repository on GitHub.

According to the StackShare community, TypeORM has a broader approval, being mentioned in 9 company stacks & 22 developers stacks; compared to Spark Framework, which is listed in 5 company stacks and 4 developer stacks.

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Advice on Spark Framework, TypeORM

Juan José

May 1, 2020

Decided

I developed Hexagon heavily inspired in these great tools because of the following reasons:

Take full advantage of the Kotlin programming language without any strings attached to Java (as a language).
I wanted to be able to replace the HTTP server library used with different adapters (Jetty, Netty, etc.) and though right now there is only one, more are coming.
Have a complete tool to do full applications, though you can use other libraries, Hexagon comes with a dependency injection helper, settings loading from different sources and HTTP Client, so it comes with (batteries included).

Right now I'm using it for my pet projects, and I'm happy with it.

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Detailed Comparison

Spark Framework	TypeORM
It is a simple and expressive Java/Kotlin web framework DSL built for rapid development. Its intention is to provide an alternative for Kotlin/Java developers that want to develop their web applications as expressive as possible and with minimal boilerplate.	It supports both Active Record and Data Mapper patterns, unlike all other JavaScript ORMs currently in existence, which means you can write high quality, loosely coupled, scalable, maintainable applications the most productive way.
Built for productivity; Lets you take full advantage of the JVM	automatically create the database table schemes based on your models; transparently insert / update / delete to the database your objects; map your selections from tables to JavaScript objects and map table columns to object properties; easily create one-to-one, many-to-one, one-to-many and many-to-many relations between tables; and much more.
Statistics
GitHub Stars 9.7K	GitHub Stars 36.0K
GitHub Forks 1.6K	GitHub Forks 6.5K
Stacks 39	Stacks 756
Followers 91	Followers 813
Votes 7	Votes 81
Pros & Cons
Pros 2 Very easy to get up and running. Lovely API 1 Ideal for microservices 1 Native paralelization 1 Java 1 Fast	Pros 30 Typescript 12 Supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, SQLite, MS SQL Ser 9 Cons of TypeORM 9 Easy setup 7 Works in NodeJS, Browser, Ionic, Cordova and Electron p Cons 5 Completely abandoned by its creator 3 Too complex for what it does 2 Doesn't really support native javascript 1 Cannot use query on any relation 1 Not proper/real type safety
Integrations
Kotlin Java	No integrations available

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