Node.js Backend Development with TypeScript
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entry_point:
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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