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		telemachos on April 13, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rails 3.1 shipping with CoffeeScript Maybe a fairer comparison is Sinatra? That is, Express is a lot slimmer than Rails and works via a DSL based around the HTTP verbs[1]. Another JS framework to look at is Backbone[2]. [1] http://expressjs.com/guide.html#routing [2] http://documentcloud.github.com/backbone/

nevinera on April 14, 2011 [–]

That would definitely be a fairer comparison, but he was asking for 'a framework like rails'; Express is the closest.

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