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Accelerating Server-Side Development with Fastify
Accelerating Server-Side Development with Fastify

Accelerating Server-Side Development with Fastify: A comprehensive guide to API development for building a scalable backend for your web apps

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  • Written by Fastify's core contributors to help you adopt the Fastify mindset for API development
  • Gain an architectural overview of Fastify’s microservices development capabilities and features
  • Build complete apps in Fastify, from application design to production

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This book is a complete guide to server-side app development in Fastify, written by the core contributors of this highly performant plugin-based web framework. Throughout the book, you’ll discover how it fosters code reuse, thereby improving your time to market. Starting with an introduction to Fastify’s fundamental concepts, this guide will lead you through the development of a real-world project while providing in-depth explanations of advanced topics to prepare you to build highly maintainable and scalable backend applications. The book offers comprehensive guidance on how to design, develop, and deploy RESTful applications, including detailed instructions for building reusable components that can be leveraged across multiple projects. The book presents guidelines for creating efficient, reliable, and easy-to-maintain real-world applications. It also offers practical advice on best practices, design patterns, and how to avoid common pitfalls encountered by developers while building backend applications. By following these guidelines and recommendations, you’ll be able to confidently design, implement, deploy, and maintain an application written in Fastify, and develop plugins and APIs to contribute to the Fastify and open source communities.

Who is this book for?

This book is for mid to expert-level backend web developers who have already used other backend web frameworks and are familiar with HTTP protocol and its peculiarities. Developers looking to migrate to Fastify, evaluate its suitability for their next project, avoid architecture pitfalls, and build highly responsive and maintainable API servers will also find this book useful. The book assumes knowledge of JavaScript programming, Node.js, and backend development.

What you will learn

  • Explore the encapsulation techniques implemented by Fastify
  • Understand how to deploy, monitor, and handle errors in a running Fastify instance
  • Organize the project structure and implement a microservices architecture
  • Explore Fastify's core features such as code reuse, runtime speed, and much more
  • Discover best practices for implementing Fastify in real-world RESTful apps
  • Understand advanced backend development concepts such as performance monitoring and logging

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Tristan Lucas Feb 08, 2024
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I’ve learned a lot of concepts about backend development. Concrete principles to feed your brain and thorough about the framework. It definitely convinced me to use Fastify or at least give a try.
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Matthew Gisonno Jun 13, 2023
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I wish I had this book sooner! I just completed my first Fastify project. Coming from a word of Express, I was skeptical... But I can tell you from first-hand experience, Fastify is where you want to be. This book will help you get there.This book is a treasure trove for any engineer eager to master Fastify and RESTful API development. It's a deep dive into the world of Fastify, a high-performance web framework for Node.js, and MongoDB, a popular choice for building robust APIs.The book brilliantly unpacks Fastify's core features, from its plugin system to encapsulation and route handling. It also shines a light on the power of JSON Schema for validation and serialization, a key tool for ensuring data integrity.The second part of the book is a practical guide to building RESTful APIs with MongoDB. It's a step-by-step journey, covering everything from defining data models to implementing route handlers and validating request parameters. The real-world examples of a to-do list application bring the concepts to life and make the learning experience truly engaging.While the book is a comprehensive guide, it would be even more valuable with a deeper integration of Fastify with other popular Node.js technologies, such as Next.js. A more holistic view of how all these pieces fit together to form a complete application would also be beneficial.This book is a must-read for both beginners and seasoned developers. It's a perfect blend of theory and practice, making it a valuable resource for anyone looking to level up their Fastify and RESTful API skills.
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Fatma Zaman Jul 17, 2023
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This is a groundbreaking book that provides a unique learning experience for developers. As a developer, I enjoyed diving into Fastify's inner workings and gaining a deeper understanding of its operations. The book combines practical development techniques with valuable insights into the framework's internals, offering a solid foundation for building applications.What sets this book apart is its exploration of Fastify's architectural choices, design patterns, and performance optimizations that make it a standout backend framework for Node. Understanding the inner workings empowered me to make informed decisions and optimize my code for performance and scalability. The book's emphasis on industry best practices expanded my overall understanding of backend development.Overall, "Accelerating Server-Side Development with Fastify" is an invaluable resource that equips developers with practical skills and a deeper understanding of the framework's architecture and design principles. It has enabled me to confidently develop high-performing applications and explore Fastify's advanced features.
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Mauricio Mercado Jun 09, 2023
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If you're a developer looking to deepen your understanding of Fastify and gain practical, hands-on experience with the framework, "Accelerating Server-Side Development with Fastify" is an invaluable resource. Authored by core maintainers of Fastify, this book offers a comprehensive guide to API development for building a scalable backend for your web applications.What sets this book apart from the official Fastify documentation and other online resources are the following:In-depth Exploration of Fastify: The book provides a thorough understanding of Fastify's concepts, going beyond the basics to explore topics like Fastify's plugin system, boot process, working with routes, exploring hooks, and understanding validation and serialization.Real-World Project Development: The book includes a section on building a real-world project using Fastify. This hands-on approach allows you to apply the concepts you've learned in a practical context, enhancing your understanding and proficiency with the framework.Personal Insights and Experiences: The authors share their personal experiences, advice, and best practices when working with Fastify. These insights, drawn from their extensive experience with the framework, offer valuable tips and tricks that you won't find in official documentation.Fastify's Origin and Community: The book provides a detailed account of how Fastify was created and the community behind it. Understanding the history and ethos of Fastify can enrich your perspective and appreciation of the framework.Detailed Guide on Testing: The book provides a comprehensive guide on how to write good tests for Fastify applications, a crucial aspect of software development that is not covered in depth in the official documentation.In conclusion, "Accelerating Server-Side Development with Fastify" is more than just a technical guide; it's a deep dive into the world of Fastify. Whether you're a beginner looking to get started with Fastify or an experienced developer seeking to enhance your skills, this book is a worthwhile investment.
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Salma Alam-Naylor Jun 09, 2023
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This book provides incredible insight — not just into how Fastify works and the problems it solves — but into how to build a robust, manageable and scalable backend server in production. Whilst this book is primarily aimed at backend developers — it also provides a great resource for front end devs looking to broaden their skillset and take on the challenge of building a server application.The chapters are split into manageable topics, and build knowledge and understanding through the kind of progressive refactoring we do as developers — rather than presenting the reader with finished code examples in the first instance. As a result, the book takes you on a pair-programming journey, offering answers to well-thought out questions as if you’re working through a curriculum in a classroom. The authors have pre-emptied difficulties the reader may come across every step of the way, including providing insight into common error logs providing helpful debugging tips. The learning journey is masterfully crafted and extremely accessible.Every bit of theory in this book is presented in a real-world context. The main tutorial in this book empowers the reader to build a beautifully architected, real-world, production-grade, DRY server application that touches on all features of Fastify and the problems it solves, including (scary!) authentication, file-handling, complex routing, testing, CI/CD, through to deployment and performance monitoring.This is not just a great book about Fastify, but an invaluable resource about building for production. As a front end dev, I now feel empowered to build a backend application with Fastify independently, and I also feel equipped — and welcome — to contribute to the Fastify codebase and plugin ecosystem. An excellent read!
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