Top 10 Tools for Node.js

In a world of software, there are numerous updates and different kinds of applications and tools being launched to ease the work of software developers. With the numerous applications, app development now has simplified solutions that quickly connects the back-end to the front-end platform.

This blog post will help you find the necessary tools on Node.js that will ease your workflow.

Babel

Tool Name: Babel
Tool Type: Compiler
Description: Babel is a JavaScript compiler
Link: https://babeljs.io/
Installation:
Install Babel Core and Babel CLI
npm install babel-core babel-cli --save-dev
Install Babel ECMAScript 2015 presets
npm install babel-preset-es2015 --save-dev

Electrode

Tool Name: Electrode.js
Tool Type: Platform
Description: It is a universal platform for building React/Node.js applications. This tool focuses on performance, component re-usability and deployment to multiple cloud providers.
Link: https://www.electrode.io/site/web.html
Installation: npm install -g yo xclap-cli generator-electrode

ExpressJS

Tool Name: Express.js
Tool Type: Framework
Description: It is a simple and fundamental framework for Node.js which reduces the need for restarting your web application every time you make changes to your code.
Link: https://expressjs.com/
Installation: npm install express --save

KeystoneJS

Tool Name: Keystone
Tool Type: Framework 
Description: Content management system and web application framework.
Link: https://keystonejs.com/
Installation:
npm install -g generator-keystone yo
Run Keystone
yo keystone

Koa.js

Tool Name: Koa.js
Tool Type: Framework
Description: This framework is used to build web apps efficiently on Node.js.
Link: https://koajs.com/
Installation: npm i koa

log.io

Tool Name: Log.io
Tool Type: Log monitoring tool 
Description: It helps to manage all the files in use with its real-time monitoring and troubleshooting 
Link: http://logio.org/
Installation: npm install -g @yfe/log.io

Meteor.js

Tool Name: Meteor
Tool Type: Framework
Description: This node.js tool can be used for writing cross-platform code. Meteor which is based on Node.js and can be used with MongoDB is greatly efficient for JavaScript apps.
Link: https://www.meteor.com/install
Installation: sudo curl https://install.meteor.com/ | sh

PM2

Tool Name: PM2
Tool Type: Production Process Manager
Description: This process manager comes with a built-in load balancer. Its features include log management, behaviour configuration, monitoring, cluster mode, API, key metrics monitoring, etc.
Link: http://pm2.keymetrics.io/
Installation: npm install -g pm2

Socket.io

Tool Name: Socket.io
Tool Type: Framework
Description: This tool enables bidirectional communication along with real-time analytics, instant messaging and chat, charts and logs
Link: https://socket.io/
Installation: npm install socket.io

Webpack

Tool Name: Webpack
Tool Type: Module Bunder
Description: This tool eases bundling JavaScript files and serving static assets simpler and fast.
Link: https://webpack.js.org/guides/installation
Installation: npm install --save-dev webpack


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