Episode 96: Expressway to Fastify with Matteo Collina

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Matteo Collina @MatteoCollina

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Resources:

• Elon Musk and the red satin shorts
• Node.js
• Moving Fastify to Azure Pipelines with Matteo Collina and Damian Brady
• Fastify ecosystem
• Fastify on InfoQ
• TSD
• Fastify and Validation of Data
• JavaScript Prototype Poisoning
• Hapi
• AJV
• Fluent Schema
• Article on "Forget Express"
• Reddit thread on fustily and express performance
• Npm trends showing express vs fustily vs testify usage
• Monkey patch definition
• http2
• What is middleware
• Fastify Hooks
• Routing in Fastify
• Find My Way
• Curmudgeon
• Clint Eastwood "Get Off My Lawn" GIFs
• Pino logger in GitHub
• Express Contributors
• Video: What happens when you fold paper more than 7 times
• Node.js docs on Stream
• Sonic Boom
• Fastify to Express
• Fastify Workflows
• TypeScript

Timejumps

• 03:16 Guest introduction
• 06:42 What is Fastify?
• 15:12 Why should I use Fastify instead of Express?
• 18:40 Sponsor: Nrwl
• 19:14 The middleware concept is wrong
• 26:45 Ward the Curmudgeon on taking a bet on Fastify
• 35:42 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 37:00 What is Pino and why?
• 46:38 What's the best way to get started with Fastify?
• 49:21 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.

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