Migrating from Express to Fastify: A Complete Guide

Migrate from Express to Fastify for better performance. Complete guide covering validation, plugins, testing, and best practices

Express
Fastify
Guides · Better Stack ·  Updated on July 30, 2025

Integrating Passport.js with Express

Complete guide to Passport.js authentication with Express. Learn user registration, login, sessions, and route protection using modern JavaScript and best practices.

Node.js
Express
Guides · Better Stack ·  Updated on July 29, 2025

Express Alternatives for Modern Node.js Web Development

Explore high-performance Express.js alternatives for Node.js web development, comparing Fastify, Koa, NestJS, Hapi, Restify, and Polka with code examples and migration strategies

Express
Guides · Better Stack ·  Updated on April 28, 2025

Building Web APIs with Express: A Beginner's Guide

Learn modern API development with this comprehensive guide to building a RESTful blog API using Express 5, Sequelize ORM, and SQLite. This tutorial covers ES module integration, async/await patterns, middleware-based validation, and complete CRUD operations with proper error handling.

Node.js
Express
Guides · Better Stack ·  Updated on March 18, 2025

Express.js vs Fastify: An In-Depth Framework Comparison

Fastify vs. Express: Which framework should you use? This in-depth comparison covers performance, TypeScript support, logging, error handling, plugins, and more. Learn the key differences and decide whether to stick with Express or switch to Fastify for your next project.

Node.js
Express
Fastify
Guides · Better Stack ·  Updated on March 13, 2025

Express Error Handling Patterns

Learn the best error-handling practices in Express.js to build secure, stable, and resilient web applications

Node.js
Express
Guides · Better Stack ·  Updated on February 26, 2025

What's New in Express.js v5.0

Explore the latest features in Express 5, including enhanced async error handling, Brotli compression support, a modernized codebase, and compatibility with Node.js 18 and above.

Node.js
Express
Guides · Better Stack ·  Updated on December 12, 2024

How to Build a Node.js Application with Express and Pug

Express is the most popular web application framework for Node.js. It is easy to use, offers decent performance, and provides access to many of the necessary tools you need to build and deploy a ro...

Express
Node.js
Pug
Guides · Better Stack ·  Updated on November 20, 2024