--- title: "Writing a Node.js GraphQL backend that actually scales — A complete guide — Part 1: Setup" url: https://daily.dev/posts/writing-a-node-js-graphql-backend-that-actually-scales-a-complete-guide-part-1-setup-sxfgedl10 source_url: https://medium.com/@ernestognw/writing-a-node-js-graphql-backend-that-actually-scales-a-complete-guide-part-1-setup-cddceae25bdc type: article source: "Medium" author: "Ernesto García" published: 2021-02-22T06:02:55.474Z updated: 2026-03-15T03:34:04.576Z tags: ["backend", "general-programming", "graphql", "nodejs"] reading_time: 15 upvotes: 23 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Writing a Node.js GraphQL backend that actually scales — A complete guide — Part 1: Setup **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · [@ernestognw](https://daily.dev/ernestognw) · 15 min read · 23 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GraphQL is a popular alternative for building your backend application. The ultimate objective of this series of articles is to show you how to build it from scratch in a proper manner. The tutorial will be for beginners, but there are other better resources to learn about primitive types. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#graphql](https://daily.dev/tags/graphql), [#nodejs](https://daily.dev/tags/nodejs) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/writing-a-node-js-graphql-backend-that-actually-scales-a-complete-guide-part-1-setup-sxfgedl10)