Gina

Unlock the power

of Node.js

An MVC Framework built with Event Driven Applications & Micro Services in mind.

$ npm install gina@latest

Between Node.js 5.x and 6.3, NPM is broken, use manual installation instead (see Github).

View the project on GitHub

The phylosophy behind

Gina is designed to be accessible, flexible and scalable.

Heavily influenced by existing frameworks like Django, Rails or Symfony, Gina even borrows some of their best ideas.

Our purpose is to allow developpers to create web applications easier and faster while producing highly maintanable code.

Standing on the shoulders of giants

Gina is fully compatible with Connect, Express and their numerous modules.

The framework currently comes with only the bare minimum but we are working on core functions, helpers and plugins. Until then you can easily integrate existing tools.

Frontend

Views

Easily create your templates.

Gina comes with Swig’s simple yet powerfull templates engine, but you can easily switch to your prefered engine.
Handlers

Keep your code organised.

With one file per template onboarding has never been easier.
Boilerplate

Kick-start your project with a clean HTML5 and CSS base.
Scaffolding

Let Gina do the heavy lifting and prepare the forms’ HTML for you.
Live reload

Refresh be gone ! Every change in your code is automatically pushed to you browser.

Server

Routing

Group multiple routes into namespaces and attach middleware when needed.

From the most basic to the utterly complex, Gina can handle it all.
Middleware

Link reusable components to your routing to manage things like authentification in one place.
Database connectors

Gina comes with Couchbase and Mongo DB connectors, however everything is in place to support your database of choice.

Backend

Controlers

Write your code depending on your routes and namespaces.
Models

Get full control on your database requests.
Form validator

Describe the rules for each field in your forms… that's it you’re done !

Helpers

Path

Manage paths and files I/O without needing any plugin.
Logger

Log and visualise all your application’s traces in one place.
Merge

Easily merge Javascript objects.
Inherit

Manage all classes inheritance.
Collection

Search, filter and update collections.

Plugins

Form validator

Instantly bring validation to your frontend by using the same rules as your backend
Local Storage

Use CRUD commands to manage your local storage needs.
Toolbar

Inspect your data, view logs and dependencies with style.

Unlock the power of Node.js

The phylosophy behind

Standing on the shoulders of giants

Frontend

Views

Handlers

Boilerplate

Scaffolding

Live reload

Server

Routing

Middleware

Database connectors

Backend

Controlers

Models

Form validator

Helpers

Path

Logger

Merge

Inherit

Collection

Plugins

Form validator

Local Storage

Toolbar

Some of the companies using Gina

Unlock the power

of Node.js