Building an API for the first time
I've seen many videos where they use MongoDB and Express.js. Do you recommend any better alternative for 2022? What does Theo recommend using? I think he doesn't really stand Express.js if I'm not mistaken. I'm planning on using the t3 stack.
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if it's for the sake of learning how an api works then it doesn't matter too much, the concepts are similar across the board
T3 stack is a great place to start if you want an API that is closely tied to a front-end
if you want a more "standalone" API, the best choice in JS/TS is Fastify. But in terms of the actual code you write it's very similar to Express.
Either way I would recommend starting with SQL instead of Mongo. It's both more popular and more intuitive. But even there I think it doesn't matter too much.
Thank you for the recommendations! I'll use SQL then.