Which backend for AngularJS?

[wywywywy]

Hi all.

Going to start a new project soon and will probably use Angular for the front end.

I'm just curious what do you guys use as a back end to serve JSON?

Most articles and discussions centre around using NoSQL but we need a relational database which is probably going to be MySQL. So the missing link is how to server JSON from MySQL really.

Express.js seems popular but again it seems to be centred around NoSQL/MongoDB. What other options are there that people actually use?

Thanks.

 

[wywywywy]

Thanks had not heard of Hapi before. I'll have a look.

Sorry when I said centred around NoSQL, I meant the articles (tutorials etc) and discussions on the internet, not the software itself.

I assume they all work well with Google App Engine?

 

[wywywywy]

Much appreciated. So are the Node.js offerings the way to go for the back end? It's all new to me because I've been a "traditional" developer for years.