Because Express isn't enough. It lacks structure and conventions.<p>Apper provides:<p>- Much needed structure to server-side code with strong conventions<p>- Reliable directory hierarchy for code based on REST end-points<p>- Design for real-time right off the bat<p>- Transparent minification & bundling for single page apps<p>Apper lets you create bigger apps by using smaller independent chunks as subapps. Simply place individual subapps anywhere in the directory hierarchy, and they get exposed under a relative base URL.<p>Nested subapps are totally cool and highly encouraged. In fact, simply by moving a subapp directory to another directory updates the exposed relative URL of that subapp. No frills.<p>PS:
Posting to Hacker News for the first time, always been an anonymous reader. Would love some constructive comments about where to take this framework thing forward :)