Koa is a popular open source web application framework for Node.js that uses modern JavaScript features to serve scalable web apps. It provides a minimalist approach, rich middleware, and a key focus on error handling to build efficient and robust apps.
Koa is a modern, open source web application framework for Node.js. It was first released in 2013 by the Express framework developers who wanted a lighter alternative that took advantage of new JavaScript language features like async/await. Koa is known for using an elegant middleware flow and being more lightweight and modular than Express.
Some key features and benefits of Koa include:
Koa powers many production node web apps and APIs today. It is used to build scalable web apps, REST APIs, blogs, websites, CRUD apps, real-time web apps, and more. Major companies using Koa today include HackerOne, IBM Cloud, Coursera, and more. The maintainers of Koa also created highly popular libraries like Router and Cookie for Koa as well.