title: Node.js equivalent of Play! Framework
body: <p>I've been looking into using Node.js + CoffeeScript for my project instead of the Play! framework. I like the idea of being able to write both my client-side and server-side code in CoffeeScript, which is a great language. </p>
  
  <p>I've taken a quick look through the list of frameworks here <a href="https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/modules" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/modules</a> and there seem to be quite a few choices in the web framework market. Can anyone recommend one that has a strong MVC architecture, and would afford the smoothest transition to Node.js?</p>
  
  <p>Some of my nice-to-have features:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Built-in security functionality</li>
  <li>ORM/some other kind of MySQL querying API</li>
  <li>View templates</li>
  </ul>