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MVC structure with models, controllers, and views

Policies for request lifecycle control

Hooks to extend or modify framework behavior

WebSocket layer integrated with controllers

Database abstraction through Waterline ORM

Request received by Sails.js server

Policies run for pre-processing

Controller executes business logic

Model interacts with database via Waterline

Response sent to client (JSON, HTML, or WebSocket)

MVC for separation of concerns

Blueprint routes for RESTful endpoints

Policies for middleware logic

Hooks for extending framework

WebSocket layer integrated with controllers

Real-time chat application

Enterprise REST API backend

Data-driven dashboards

SaaS platform backend

Multiplayer game server with WebSockets

Convention over configuration

MVC architecture for maintainable code

Blueprint-driven rapid API generation

Real-time support via WebSockets

Modular hooks for extensibility

Use clustering for Node.js processes

Leverage Redis for session and cache

Horizontal scaling with load balancer

Optimize database queries

Monitor real-time traffic and performance

Upgrade Node.js and Sails.js versions

Update database adapters

Refactor deprecated blueprint or API calls

Test all endpoints and WebSockets

Deploy incrementally to production