API frameworks for node.js - api

Which API frameworks for node js best suits mobile applications (native or HTML5) or client-side HTML5?

While there are many frameworks (https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Modules#wiki-web-frameworks-full) , like restify, express, I think hapi was built for your needs. Its focus is on your business logic, and favours configuration for simple and fast deployment.
You can find the package in https://npmjs.org/package/hapi, and https://github.com/spumko/hapi
It looks very promising. There's a talk about the framework in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Recv7vR8ZlA where the main contributor talks about what makes an API framework tick.
It supports caching, validations, plug-ins and more (watch the video).

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Integrating Multiple Third Party Apis to my Web App

I am building a project management platform for freelancers and organizations. I want to integrate third party tools to centralize the freelancer's needs such as Jira, Slack, Github, etc .... However, integrating each tool aside is time consuming. In order to not reinvent the wheel, I was wondering if there is a built in package, plugin or tool that can lift all heavy work and make this task faster to implement.

Platform-agnostic web framework in kotlin

I am looking for framework, that has some basic framework tools like routing, templates and possibly some other tools useful for web (but also other types of apps), that are not dependent on platform (ex. nodejs/java). I don't see reason why this has to be 100% platform specific. If there's routing and generic request/response object, there can be implementation for example both for node express or for example java servlets with correct mapping and wrappers. Has anyone tried to do that yet? I couldn't find anything.
You may want to take a look at Ktor.

Web development using Raku

I want to know if web development can be done using Raku or Perl6?
Like Django for Python, do we have any framework available for Raku?
Id appreciate if you told us which are the libraries available or any tutorial.
Are there any webhosting providers to host Raku web application?
Many folks are using Cro for this. It's a set of libraries that you can pick as needed (and not just for web development), but offers things like:
Routing requests to handlers, and neat ways to express those handlers
WebSocket support integrated neatly into the router
Templating
Testing
There's a simple tutorial as well as a much longer one on making a SPA.
There is also a fresh CRUD server-side tutorial available.
Finally, there's integrated support in the Comma IDE, which includes a Cro project template where you can select the bits you need, indexing of and navigation to routes, and a timeline view that can be used to understand where time is spent during request processing.
There are base images available to support Docker deployment also, to anywhere that supports that.
I built a web framework for Raku called Humming-Bird it's brand new so there are still kinks to work out, but the core works really well! It is intended to be very similar to Sinatra and other frameworks of that style (express.js etc..)
Humming-Bird has most of the typical features of a web framework including but not limited to:
Routing
Middleware
Serving static files
This project is still in fairly early stages, but it offers more than enough to spin up simple web services, and web apps.

Is there anything equivalent to middleware in Openresty or Lua web apps?

I'm learning Openresty for a small web app. Is there an abstraction layer Lua web apps and frameworks? For example: Python/WSGI, Ruby/Rack, Elixir/Plug.
The most recent one I found for Lua seems out-of-date: APItools/lua-resty-rack
There is also WSAPI and WSAPI-Openresty, but I couldn't find any maintained middleware/projects that utilize it.
Do Openresty apps simply not use this type of abstraction layer for most production apps? Or is it not needed because of the Openresty architecture?

Is MBaaS specifically for Hybrid applications or can also used for Native Applications?

I am researching MBaaS (Mobile Backend as a Service) and what its purpose is, for school. So far I gathered that it is basically a resource that developers can use so they can create the back-end code one time, rather than separately for each device - this way the focus can be more on the front-end of the development.
So my initial thoughts would be that this tool can be used only in the creation of Hybrid apps, however I'm having difficulty finding information to back that thought up. So can MBaaS be applied to Native apps also?
If the sense of meaning I've gathered about what MBaaS is used for is wrong, making my original question void or not applicable, a thorough but simple explanation, of what exactly MBaaS does would be very much appreciated.
MBaaS is a service that can be used by all – companies that are big to start ups and solo developers.
Mobile app development remains fun when it is about designing user interfaces, engineering social communication among users or bringing in stickiness. The Backend infrastructure plumbing is too time consuming and less rewarding. Worrying about database scaling, thread locking, persistence, user registration handling, messaging and pushing notifications is not fun. They are necessary evils that have to be taken care of to launch an app. The Baas paradigm has definitely made app development much easier and fun. Hence MBaaS services definitely present a powerful case for quick adoption.
Built.io Backend is an MBaaS provider. It is client platform agnostic. It provides platform-specific SDKs (iOS as well as Android) for native app development, and Xamarin and JavaScript SDKs for hybrid app development.
Coming back to your question. MBaaS can be used to develop native as well as hybrid applications. The services is not limited to a platform or any other technology.
PS: I am employee at built.io