Sails.js (or Sails) is a

model–view–controller Model–view–controller (MVC) is a software architectural pattern commonly used for developing user interfaces that divide the related program logic into three interconnected elements. This is done to separate internal representations of infor ...

(MVC)

web application framework A web framework (WF) or web application framework (WAF) is a software framework that is designed to support the development of web applications including web services, web resources, and web APIs. Web frameworks provide a standard way to build and ...

developed atop the

Node.js Node.js is an open-source server environment. Node.js is cross-platform and runs on Windows, Linux, Unix, and macOS. Node.js is a back-end JavaScript runtime environment. Node.js runs on the V8 JavaScript Engine and executes JavaScript code o ...

environment, released as

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under the

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. It is designed to make it easy to build custom, enterprise-grade Node.js

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s and

API An application programming interface (API) is a way for two or more computer programs to communicate with each other. It is a type of software interface, offering a service to other pieces of software. A document or standard that describes how ...

s. Emulating the MVC architecture of other frameworks, like

Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails (simplified as Rails) is a server-side web application framework written in Ruby under the MIT License. Rails is a model–view–controller (MVC) framework, providing default structures for a database, a web service, and web p ...

, it offers similar pattern and familiarity, reducing the cognitive burden when switching between other frameworks/languages.

Features

Sails.js offers a host of features and attributes. It is built on Node.js and Express.js, enabling applications to be made with 100% JavaScript. This includes models, views, controllers, configuration files, and adapters (e.g., database). Like Ruby on Rails, Sails.js provides an object-relational mapping interface using Waterline.js, which abstracts the database interaction. This enables a uniform API regardless of the underlying database being used. A number of other packages are included to enable fast auto-generated REST APIs,

WebSocket WebSocket is a computer communications protocol, providing full-duplex communication channels over a single TCP connection. The WebSocket protocol was standardized by the IETF as in 2011. The current API specification allowing web applications ...

s by default using

Socket.io Socket.IO is an event-driven library for real-time web applications. It enables real-time, bi-directional communication between web clients and servers. It consists of two parts: a client-side library that runs in the browser, and a server-s ...

; and compatibility features making it front-end agnostic so that many tools and frameworks (

AngularJS AngularJS is a discontinued free and open-source JavaScript-based web framework for developing single-page applications. It was maintained mainly by Google and a community of individuals and corporations. It aimed to simplify both the development ...

React.js React (also known as React.js or ReactJS) is a free and open-source front-end JavaScript library for building user interfaces based on components. It is maintained by Meta (formerly Facebook) and a community of individual developers and com ...

, Android,

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, etc.) are supported.

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