Joint, a real-time Node.js framework for single page apps
A hand-rolled real-time Node.js framework for connecting single page apps - psugihara/joint
Joint, a real-time Node.js framework for single page apps launched on May 29, 2012 with 56 votes, #31 of 435 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 14 years on.
In plain words
Joint is a real-time Node.js framework designed for building single page applications. It enables developers to create connected web apps with real-time capabilities using JavaScript on the server side. The framework handles the backend infrastructure needed to support dynamic, interactive client-side applications with live data synchronization between server and browser.
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