Recommended Packages

A list of packages we’ve used and recommend for Node.js Knockout, along with notes about quality.

For a list of all packages see the node.js wiki

Package Manager

• npm — A node package manager that uses CommonJS-compatible package.json files, written in asynchronous javascript.

Database

• node-mongodb-native — A pure javascript driver for MongoDB

Templating

• haml.js — decent, but has bugs in filters and doesn’t always handle empty lines well
• sass.js — decent, but has bugs with nested tag lists and doesn’t support

Authentication / Authorization

• openid: – needed
• oauth: – not sure which one