Getting Started with hapi.js

Summary

All code samples seen here as well as some extra material can be found online in the repository available at https://github.com/johnbrett/Getting-Started-with-hapi.js. If you have any questions about the code samples—in trying to understand code snippets or problems running them, feel free to open an issue.

In this chapter, we've introduced Node.js, its benefits and differences as compared to other server side technologies, and looked at what a simple Node.js server looks like. We looked at the reason for using a framework on top of this, mentioned some different frameworks, and introduced hapi.js as a choice. We talked at length as to why hapi.js is a good choice, who created it and why, and how its design principles differ from other ...