Backend & API Technologies

Engineer reliable services, APIs and business logic.

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Backend & API Technologies

Themes

What this area covers

API designMicroservicesEvent-driven systemsRealtime systemsAuthenticationIntegrationResilience

Selection

Selection criteria

  • Workload pattern
  • Latency
  • Consistency
  • Integration needs
  • Team skills
  • Deployment model
  • Operational complexity

Technologies

Backend & APIs technologies

Node.js

Runtime

JavaScript/TypeScript runtime for APIs, real-time applications and event-driven services.

Express.js

Framework

Minimal Node.js web framework for APIs and server-side applications.

NestJS

Framework

Structured Node.js framework for modular TypeScript server applications.

Java

Language/Platform

Mature platform for enterprise applications, services and high-throughput backend systems.

Spring Boot

Framework

Java framework for production-grade APIs, microservices and enterprise services.

Python

Language

General-purpose language used for APIs, automation, AI, data and engineering tooling.

.NET

Platform

Microsoft application platform for enterprise web, services and desktop workloads.

GraphQL

API Technology

Typed query interface for client-driven access to application data.

REST

API Style

Widely adopted HTTP API approach for application and system integration.

gRPC

RPC Framework

High-performance typed RPC framework for internal service communication.

WebSockets

Protocol

Persistent bidirectional communication for real-time digital experiences.

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