Why You Should Choose NestJS as Your Backend Framework

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2022-07-06 19:00:08

A while back, I started a new backend application. I really wanted to pick the right framework to speed up development and increase productivity. With so many frameworks and tools, I had to decide which one to go for. There were some (perhaps obvious) criteria. The framework needs to be:

As I dug deeper and deeper, looking through pretty much the entire Node.js tech landscape, I encountered NestJS. A few things were immediately noticeable:

After reviewing NestJS with the team, we decided to go for it. I’ll give you a spoiler - we haven’t regretted the decision since.

After over a year of working with NestJS and being very satisfied, I wanted to share some of its most valuable strengths with you.

NestJS is an open-source project with 47 thousand stars on GitHub. It is well maintained with over 300 active contributors. New features, enhancements, bug fixes and security fixes are addressed swiftly.

Thanks to its large user base, there is a massive ecosystem of useful plugins, packages and integrations which saves us a lot of time and makes for an excellent developer experience.