A practical guide to implementing a Fastify modular project — Part 1 Technology Selection

The article compares Fastify against ExpressJS, NestJS, and Koa for building a modular Node.js project, ultimately choosing Fastify for its high performance and plugin mechanism. It also discusses key technology decisions including TypeScript over JavaScript, ES Modules over CommonJS for static analysis and tree-shaking benefits, and native Node.js testing over third-party frameworks.