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{{short description|Open-source web framework built on Node.js}}

{{COI|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox Software

| name = Sails.js

| statuslogo = ActiveSailsJS_logo.png

| logo alt = Sails.js brand logo

| logo caption = Sails.js brand logo

| developer = [[Mike McNeil]] and others

| status = Active

| released = {{Start date and age|2012}}

| operating system = [[Cross-platform]]

| platform = [[Node.js]]

| programming language = [[JavaScript]]

| license = [[MIT License]]

| website = {{URL|httphttps://sailsjs.com/}}

| genre = [[Web framework]]

| latest release version = 1.5.11

| latest release date = {{release date and age|2024|05|24}}<ref>{{cite web

| url = https://www.github.com/balderdashy/sails/releases

| title = Releases · balderdashy/sails

| website = github.com

| access-date = 2024-11-14

}}</ref>

| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/balderdashy/sails|Sails.js Repository}}

}}

'''Sails.js''' (or '''Sails''')<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hZifBAAAQBAJ&dq=Sails.js&pg=PT455|title=Web Development with MongoDB and Node.js|last=Krol|first=Jason|publisher=Packt|year=2014|isbn=9781783987313|pages=PT455|via=Google Books (Preview)}}</ref> is a [[model–view–controller]] (MVC) [[web application framework]] developed atop the [[Node.js]] environment,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=01hLDAAAQBAJ|title=Sails.js Essentials|last=Shahid|first=Shaikh|publisher=Packt|year=2016|isbn=9781783554546|___location=Birmingham, UK|oclc=944986529|via=Google Books (Preview)}}</ref>{{Rp|1, 19}} released as [[free and open-source software]] under the [[MIT License]].<ref name="SailsJS" /><ref name="NPM">{{cite web|url=https://www.npmjs.com/package/sails|title=sails|access-date=21 July 2017|publisher=npm, inc.}}</ref> It is designed for Node.js [[web application]]s and [[API]]s <ref name="SailsJS">{{cite web|url=https://sailsjs.com|title=Sails.js {{!}} Realtime MVC Framework for Node.js|publisher=The Sails Company|access-date=21 July 2017}}</ref> with similar architecture to [[Ruby on Rails]].<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|19}}

'''Sails.js''', or simply '''Sails''', is the most popular MVC [[web application framework]] for [[Node.js]], released as [[free and open-source software]] under the [[MIT License]]. It is designed to make it easy to build custom, enterprise-grade Node.js [[web application]]s and [[API]]s.<ref name="SailsJS">{{cite web|url=https://sailsjs.com|title=Sails.js home page}}</ref> Emulating the MVC architecture of other frameworks, like Ruby on Rails, it offers similar pattern and familiarity, reducing the cognitive burden when switching between other frameworks/languages.

== Features ==

Sails.js offers a host of features and attributes. Because it is built on Node.js and [[Express.js]], it enablesenabling applications to be builtwritten with 100%in JavaScript. This not only includes models, views, and controllers; but also, configuration files, and adapters (e.g., database). Similar to Ruby on Rails,<ref etcname=":1" /> Sails.js provides an [[object-relational mapping]] interface using Waterline.js, which abstracts the database interaction layer.<ref name="WaterlineJS">{{cite web|url=http://waterlinejs.org/|title=Waterline.js home page}}</ref>

A number of other packages are included behind the scenes to enable fast '''auto-generated [[REST APIS'''API]]s, '''WebSockets'''[[WebSocket]]s by default using [[Socket.io]],;<ref name=":1" /> and compatibility features making it '''front-end agnostic''' so that many tools and frameworks ([[AngularJS]], [[React.js]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[iOS]], etc.) are supported.

Like Ruby on Rails, Sails.js provides an [[ORM|Object-relational mapping]] interface, using [[Waterline.js]], which abstracts the database interaction. This enables a uniform API regardless of the underlying database being used.<ref name="WaterlineJS">{{cite web|url=http://waterlinejs.org/|title=Waterline.js home page}}</ref>

== See also ==

A number of other packages are included behind the scenes to enable fast '''auto-generated REST APIS''', '''WebSockets''' by default using [[Socket.io]], and compatibility features making it '''front-end agnostic''' so that many tools and frameworks ([[AngularJS]], [[React.js]], [[Android]], [[iOS]], etc) are supported.

* [[JavaScript framework]]

* [[JavaScript library]]

== Community Acclaim ==

As compared to other libraries/frameworks, like [[FeathersJS]], Sails offers a host of features out of the box and leads as the generally accepted Node.js framework for both full-stack development and REST APIs. <ref name="Slant.co's Sails Review">{{code web|url=https://www.slant.co/options/1283/~sails-js-review}}</ref>

== References ==

{{reflist}}

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== External links ==

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