--- title: Learn NestJS by Building a CRUD API | daily.dev description: NestJS is a framework for building efficient, scalable Node.js web applications. It is a complete development kit for building scalable server-side apps. You... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/learn-nestjs-by-building-a-crud-api-kqcr9uvcp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Learn NestJS by Building a CRUD API | daily.dev og:description: NestJS is a framework for building efficient, scalable Node.js web applications. It is a complete development kit for building scalable server-side apps. 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Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@tshallenberger** · 1 upvotes > Loved working with Typescript. Wanted to continue using it in the backend, but also wanted to get spun up quickly using familiar design patterns than encouraged adhering to SOLID principles. NestJS does that to a T.  Migrated all services to NestJS, haven't looked back. Easy integration with all DBs, including MySQL, Postgres, Mongo, Redis. Fantastic error handling, unit testing, E2E testing, etc. > > > It was a little difficult to get the services Dockerized but I chalk that up to being a noob at Docker. **@haythem12** · 0 upvotes > great tutoo it's so helpfull keep it up ! <3 <3 --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing), [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql), [#nestjs](https://daily.dev/tags/nestjs), [#prisma](https://daily.dev/tags/prisma) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/learn-nestjs-by-building-a-crud-api-kqcr9uvcp) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Learn NestJS by Building a CRUD API","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/learn-nestjs-by-building-a-crud-api-kqcr9uvcp","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/learn-nestjs-by-building-a-crud-api-kqcr9uvcp"},"datePublished":"2022-02-23T16:58:35.912Z","dateModified":"2022-02-23T16:58:35.916Z","description":"NestJS is a framework for building efficient, scalable Node.js web applications. 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