nodejs-backend-typescript

SKILL.md

TypeScript backend development with Express/Fastify, routing, middleware, and database integration.

Covers both Express and Fastify frameworks with complete server setup, routing patterns, middleware implementation, and error handling examples

Includes request validation using Zod and TypeBox, JWT and session-based authentication, and integration with Drizzle ORM and Prisma

Provides REST API design patterns for pagination, filtering, sorting, and standardized error responses with type-safe environment configuration

Features testing setup with Vitest and Supertest, Docker deployment, PM2 clustering, and production best practices with recommended project structure

Node.js Backend Development with TypeScript

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summary: "TypeScript backend patterns with Express/Fastify, routing, middleware, database integration"
when_to_use:
- "When building REST APIs with TypeScript"
- "When creating Express/Fastify servers"
- "When needing server-side TypeScript"
- "When building microservices"
quick_start:
- "npm init -y && npm install -D typescript @types/node tsx"
- "npm install express @types/express zod"
- "Create tsconfig.json with strict mode"
- "npm run dev"
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