What should I use instead of #Express and #Handlebars for a web application in Node.js in 2023? Can someone summarise pros and cons of the most popular alternatives? I see way too many…
Alternatives to #Express:
[**Koa**](https://koajs.com/), which can either [replace or complement](https://github.com/koajs/koa/blob/master/docs/faq.md) both Express and [Connect](https://github.com/senchalabs/connect).
[**Fastify**](https://www.fastify.io/), which looks straightforward and very similar to Express. Plugin for templating (supporting Handlebars, Mustache, Pug and EJS): [@fastify/view](https://github.com/fastify/point-of-view).
[**NestJS**](https://nestjs.com/), which seems too convoluted and probably redundant since it works on top of either Express or Fastify (?).
[**Meteor**](https://www.meteor.com/): more of a platform. No tutorial for vanilla JS (only for React, Vue, etc), and not oriented towards SSR.
I'll probably go for #Koa or #Fastify.
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@tripu I don't know which project you have in mind, but I would very much would like to do something with Django and htmx (https://htmx.org/) or unpoly (https://unpoly.com/).