(Seems Hapi.js is built in?)

http://www.electrode.io/docs/what_is_electrode.html#features

Electrode Boilerplate comes fully loaded with the best technologies available:

    • React is an awesome JavaScript library for building user interfaces, created by Facebook.

    • Redux a predictable state container for JavaScript apps. #game-changer.

    • React Router is a powerful routing library built on top of React.

    • CSS Modules a CSS file in which all class names and animation names are scoped locally by default. Fixes the problem of the global scope in CSS. #winning

    • Universal rendering built in.

    • Webpack a powerful module bundler.

    • Webpack Isomorphic Loader a powerful tool that makes NodeJS require understand files such as images for SSR.

    • Babel transpiles ES6 + 7.

    • ESLint a pluggable linting utility for Javascript.

    • Mocha a feature-rich Javascript testing framework.

    • Enzyme a Javascript testing utility for React, created by airbnb.

    • TravisCI a continuous integration service to build and test software projects.

    • Gulp a Javascript build tool that lets us automate tasks.

    • Yeoman a Scaffolding tool for modern webapps.

    • History a Javascript library for managing session history.

    • Bluebird a great Javascript promise library.

    • Electrode Confippet Confippet is a versatile and flexible utility for managing configurations of Node.js applications.

    • Electrode JWT CSRF Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection with JWT.

    • Electrode-Redux-Router-Engine An Electrode routing and rendering engine using react-router and redux.

    • Component Caching Optimize React SSR with profiling and component caching.

    • Electrode-Server A configurable web server using Hapi.js on top of Node.js.

    • Electrify Tool for analyzing the module tree of webpack projects.

    • Electrode-Docgen A custom metadata extractor for the Electrode framework, automates component documentation.

That is correct, but please take a look at my other comment that explains where we are going with the hard tie to Hapi.

Yup, we are big fans of Hapi.js and that's what we use internally for walmart.com, but one of our goals in October is to disconnect the tieing of Electrode and Hapi.js - that way you can use whatever web framework you want with Electrode. Internally, we will continue to use Hapi though.

That is great to hear. I much prefer Express to Hapi, and I already have extensive APIs built on Express. I'm certainly not alone in this.

Yup! People have their preferences! We are working on it this month.

Until then, please check out Electrode Modules, they are independent of Hapi or Electrode Core:

http://www.electrode.io/docs/stand_alone_modules.html

So good. This looks like a great platform. Great work!

Looks like it's based off Hapi for the server component too. Hapi has been a dream to use, and this looks pretty well documented too.