Humble.js - Modern Web Framework

Humble.js is a web framework built on modern technology stack with speed, security and scalability in mind.

It initially began with monolithic architecture and it has moved to microservice architecture that enables developers to adapt any microservice pattern that works best for them. By default it uses “decomposition by business capability” architecture.

The project was started in 2018 by @abumq and is continued to be developed, maintained and used in production.

Features

Humble.js comes with a lot of features out of the box, some of them are listed below:

Core

Containerized framework out of the box
Multiple services and cron jobs architecture for scalability
Built-in orchestration configuration (swarm or k8s) with pre-configured yaml files to get started
Generic codebase designed to fit any project whether small or huge.
Adaptive built-in microservice framework that you can use to create your own custom microservices and interact with it with ease.
RESTful API framework included
Database framework with schema management, modelling and querying, all built-in!
Task automation framework
Use your own components with zero-config
Easy upgrade to your implementation to latest version of Humble.js server
Security features against fast malicious systems and software
Vulnerabilities patches as soon as they are discovered in web standards
Components development framework to develop the components without needing the server
A lot of built-in automated tasks (based on task automation framework), e.g, email composition, database backup. You can enable or disable them with simple steps.

UI Microservice

Server side rendering
Semi-automatic code splitting
PWA-ready with service worker and customisable URLs
SEO and social media optimised pages
Built-in structured data meta information
Uses webpack dev server hot deployment to speed-up the development of UI
Humble.js’s react components for consistent UI and UX (see list of packages below) - there are no restrictions
CSS preprocessor using Sass (does support emotion as well out of the box)

Default Services

A lot of built-in microservices (on top of existing ones like database backup), some of them are listed below:

static: Storage service that is used to upload, maintain and access static files. You can upload files from other services or from frontend
cron-sitemap-generator: Sitemap generator with user’s specifications
cron-database-backup: Backups and restore database (or selected tables) and secure the backups with strong encryption
auth: Manage user’s identity with built-in service
cfg: Manage application wide configuration accessible via all the services

We at Amrayn Web Services use this framework in all our Node.js projects. We want speed, security and scalability out of the box as much as you do.

Server

Current version 2.0.5

@humblejs/server and @humblejs/server2 is the core of Humble.js that incorporates all the components/services and utilise them accordingly.

Click here for more details

CLI

Humble.js CLI for your package.json. It comes in two flavours:

@humblejs/scripts (v1.10.7)
@humblejs/server2 (v2.1.36)

Click here for more details

Packages

Humble.js comes with various category of packages

Essentials

These packages go hand-in-hand with humble.js server and client pages. These are useful to speed-up the development and data accessibility.

context (v 1.9.6)
core (v 1.4.23)
data-provider (v 1.2.6)
demo (v 2.2.6)
link (v 1.9.6)
page (v 1.9.6)
theme (v 1.1.6)

Utils

Various utility packages to aid the development.

infinite (v 1.2.6)
lib (v 1.10.6)
paypal-button (v 1.9.6)
shopping-cart (v 1.9.6)

UI

Custom UI packages. You can completely ignore them if you want to use something else.

breadcrumbs (v 1.10.6)
form (v 1.9.9)
icon (v 1.11.4)
img (v 1.9.7)
menu (v 1.2.10)
modal (v 1.3.8)
pending (v 1.2.6)
share (v 1.9.6)
skeleton (v 1.9.6)
spinner (v 1.9.6)