3 JavaScript Backend frameworks for your next project, these are the most important and popular ones out there, we came up with a list and with pros and cons for every pick.
 
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 <a href="https://nextjs.org/" target="_blank">Next.js</a> - it's one of the end-to-end server-side frameworks out there, it was created by Vercel in 2017,
 the framework is based on React as Gatsby too. The important difference between Gatsby and Next is that Next is a server-side renderer and Gatsby is a static site generator.
 Next offers static generators too but among the most valuable benefits are: hot code reloading, automated code-splitting, automated routing, built-in SEO.
 
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 SSR (server-side rendering) - quick performance, SSR starts before downloading and executing the JS code in the client's browser
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 SEO support - incredible SEO performance it's delivered by Next.js
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 Hot Reloading - the pages are automatically reloading once there is a change in the code
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 Gatsby is better for smaller blogs because of it's performance of static pages
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 Benchmarks show that Nuxt and Gatsby are better than Next
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 <a href="https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby" target="_blank">Gatsby.js</a> - was founded in 2015, it is a static site generator based on GraphQL and React and it can provide SEO friendy and high quality performant pages.
 It's fast performance and flawless security plus the SEO performance makes this framework on of the best for small websites or landing pages.
 
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 Performance - sites that are created using Gatsby are a few times quicker than normal sites
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 SEO - very friendly when it comes to SEO
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 Support for more than one data sources such as Wordpress, Drupal, Stripe, Trello
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 High security since there is no database needed or server
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 Not ideal for large projects
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 You need to understand GraphQL and React
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 <a href="https://nuxtjs.org/" target="_blank">Nuxt.js</a> - it's an open-source framework and it is considered to be an amplifier for Vue.
 Nuxt.js is a combination of components and libraries such as Vue, Vuex, Vue Router, Vue server rendered and Vue meta.
 
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 Set up is done quickly unlike other frameworks, the initial configuration takes care of everything
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 Structure of the code is every logical and easy to understand and develop from
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 Route files can be split in multiple smaller files which can improve performance and speed
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 Adding custom libraries can be difficult
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 A lot of debugging issues have been reported and they became quite challenging
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List of JavaScript Backend frameworks that you could use for your next projects with pros and cons.

3 JavaScript Backend frameworks for your next projectJAVASCRIPT · a year ago · 2 min read

3 JavaScript Backend frameworks for your next project
JAVASCRIPT · a year ago · 2 min read