Lazorse!
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Lazorse is a resource-oriented web-framework with a strong emphasis on
extensibility and the separation of various concerns into independent
middleware_ layers.

It includes middleware to find a resource, coerce URL parameters, dispatch to
HTTP method handlers, and render a response.  

It borrows heavily from other_ awesome_ node.js `web frameworks`_ but with a
couple of twists designed to make writing machine-consumable ReSTful APIs a little easier. Because it's all "just 
middleware", you can also pull out and re-arrange the various pieces to better 
suit the needs of your application.

.. _middleware: http://stephensugden.com/middleware_guide/
.. _web frameworks: http://expressjs.com/
.. _other: http://zappajs.org
.. _awesome: https://github.com/kadirpekel/coffeemate

Be sure to check out the guide_ and `API docs`_!

.. _guide: http://betsmartmedia.github.com/Lazorse/guide.html
.. _API docs: http://betsmartmedia.github.com/Lazorse/api.html

What's the deal with the name?
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While it *could* be viewed as a portmentaeu of Lazy and Resource, I prefer to
think of it as horses with lasers.

.. image:: http://substack.net/images/lazorse.png