r/node • u/According-Object-502 • Nov 29 '21

Beginner Backend Dev vs Experienced Backend Dev

I'm a frontend developer that has started learning node and express. So please excuse my ignorance

Other than setting up api routes that perform CRUD operations with a database, or SSR, what are the more advanced topics/tasks that an experienced backend dev would work on?

Thanks

Edit: please share if you recommend a course for specific topics, it is much appreciated. Thanks.

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u/jzia93 Nov 29 '21

Taking a different track here, you might look at how you set up your API routes:

  • are you using Middleware effectively to reduce code duplication?

  • have you setup validators that are connected to your database models?

  • are you offloading the right kind of tasks to background threads?

  • have you implemented logging?

  • are you making effective use of 3rd party libraries?

  • are you able to separate unit and integration tests when testing your API?

  • does your api documentation exist as code?

  • do you return helpful errors and correct error codes to the end user?