Better Backend DX: Fastify + ESBuild = ⚡️

• esbuild

  128 32,186 9.8 Go

  An extremely fast JavaScript and CSS bundler and minifier

  Will provide an alternative solution for Windows later. (ref: https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/issues/976)

• vite-plugin-node

  1 478 6.3 TypeScript

  Vite plugin to run your node dev server with HMR!

  Yes, there is a Vite plugin: vite-plugin-node which leverages Vite's SSR mode to bring HMR to the Node dev server and also provides adapters for Express, Koa, and Fastify.

• Appwrite

  appwrite.io

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• vite-fastify-boilerplate

  2 19 6.1 TypeScript

  Fastify boilerplate with Vite & Vitest

  I also found a nice vite-fastify-boilerplate which uses the plugin & Vitest.

• fastify-autoload

  1 187 7.6 JavaScript

  Require all plugins in a directory

  

  Enables filesystem-based routes & plugins using @fastify/autoload

• fastify-esbuild

  1 6 4.8 TypeScript

  Boilerplate to create a Fastify app with better DX

  Here is the GitHub repo. You can see a basic structure with routes and plugins.

• fastify

  59 24,003 9.7 JavaScript

  Fast and low overhead web framework, for Node.js

  

  Why did I choose Fastify?

• vitest

  36 5,151 10.0 TypeScript

  A Vite-native test framework. It's fast!

  

  I also found a nice vite-fastify-boilerplate which uses the plugin & Vitest.

• JetBrains

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