backend-development

Designing a RESTful API involves structuring endpoints logically, applying versioning strategies to manage changes, and implementing security protocols like OAuth 2.1 or JWT. This Skill provides actionable best practices for REST, GraphQL, and gRPC API design.

Implementing microservices and event-driven architecture requires decoupling services and using asynchronous communication patterns. This Skill explains architectural patterns like CQRS and event-driven systems to build highly scalable backends.

Setting up CI/CD pipelines with Docker and Kubernetes automates your backend deployment process. This Skill outlines DevOps best practices, including containerization with Docker, orchestration with Kubernetes, and monitoring through metrics, logs, and traces.

JWT authentication and RBAC secure backend systems by verifying user identity and restricting access based on assigned roles. This Skill details security best practices, including OAuth 2.1, MFA, and password hashing with Argon2id.

Choosing the right backend database and framework depends on your application's scalability and data structure needs. This Skill guides you through selecting technologies like Node.js, Python, Go, Rust, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis.

You should use gRPC instead of REST or GraphQL when you need high-performance, low-latency communication between internal microservices. This Skill covers the specific use cases and best practices for designing APIs with gRPC, REST, and GraphQL.