{"id":26077,"library":"pine2e","title":"pine2e","description":"Pinetwo's pluggable web stack for twelve-factor apps based on Express.js and PostgreSQL. Current stable version 0.3.0, under development with no regular release cadence. Designed for Heroku deployment, integrates Express 3.x, PostgreSQL, Grunt tasks, ES6 transpilation, and LESS compilation. Differentiated by its opinionated structure but lacks widespread adoption and has not been updated in years.","status":"abandoned","version":"0.3.0","language":"javascript","source_language":"en","source_url":"https://github.com/pinetwo/pine2e","tags":["javascript"],"install":[{"cmd":"npm install pine2e","lang":"bash","label":"npm"},{"cmd":"yarn add pine2e","lang":"bash","label":"yarn"},{"cmd":"pnpm add pine2e","lang":"bash","label":"pnpm"}],"dependencies":[{"reason":"Peer dependency required for task runner integration","package":"grunt","optional":false}],"imports":[{"note":"CJS-only module; no ESM exports available.","wrong":"import { initializeRootApp } from 'pine2e'; // ESM not supported, CJS only","symbol":"initializeRootApp","correct":"const pine2e = require('pine2e'); module.exports = pine2e.initializeRootApp(__dirname);"},{"note":"Defined in config.js, exported via exports; module.exports will break detection.","wrong":"module.exports = { configureApp: function(app) {} }; // Must use exports, not module.exports","symbol":"configureApp / configureRootApp","correct":"exports.configureApp = function(app) { }; exports.configureRootApp = function(app) { };"},{"note":"startServer is a method of the app returned by initializeRootApp.","wrong":"const app = require('pine2e'); app.startServer(); // startServer is on the initialized app, not on pine2e module","symbol":"startServer","correct":"require('./app').startServer();"}],"quickstart":{"code":"// Initialize a new pine2e app\nconst pine2e = require('pine2e');\nconst app = pine2e.initializeRootApp(__dirname);\n\n// Define routes\napp.get('/', (req, res) => {\n  res.render('home');\n});\n\n// Start server (port from env or default 5000)\napp.startServer();","lang":"javascript","description":"Shows how to initialize a pine2e app, define a route, and start the server."},"warnings":[{"fix":"Migrate to a modern framework like Express 4.x with separate middleware.","message":"Package is abandoned: no updates since 2014, depends on deprecated Express 3.x and Grunt.","severity":"deprecated","affected_versions":">=0.0.0"},{"fix":"If using npm v3+, install grunt explicitly: npm install grunt@~0.4.1","message":"Requires Grunt ~0.4.1 as peer dependency; modern npm may warn or fail.","severity":"breaking","affected_versions":">=0.0.0"},{"fix":"Use exports.configureApp = function(app) {...};","message":"Config functions must be CommonJS exports, not module.exports.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":">=0.0.0"},{"fix":"Ensure source directories exist before running grunt.","message":"ES6 transpiler tasks: files from src/ -> lib/, assets/js6/ -> assets/js/; if directories missing, tasks fail silently.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":">=0.0.0"}],"env_vars":null,"last_verified":"2026-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","next_check":"2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","problems":[{"fix":"npm install grunt@~0.4.1 --save-dev","cause":"Missing peer dependency grunt","error":"Error: Cannot find module 'grunt'"},{"fix":"Initialize app with pine2e.initializeRootApp(__dirname) then call app.startServer()","cause":"Trying to call startServer on the pine2e module instead of the app instance","error":"TypeError: app.startServer is not a function"},{"fix":"Add 'jQuery': false to es6transpiler.client.options.globals in Gruntfile","cause":"ES6 transpiler options missing jQuery globals","error":"ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined"}],"ecosystem":"npm","meta_description":null,"install_score":null,"install_tag":null,"quickstart_score":null,"quickstart_tag":null}