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Lucca Dumas
Lucca Dumas

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BUILDING A FULL API with NodeJS + Strapi in 5 minutes or less (amazing!)

A while ago, I decided to go hands-on with this amazing #strapi tool.
The test results couldn't have been better, I'm totally in love with Strapi! haha

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What is Strapi?
A Content Management Framework (CMF) that facilitates general software development.

What does the tool offer?
-Elegant and intuitive admin panel
-Community plugins and the power to create our own plugins
-Agnostic front-end, able to integrate with any front-end technology (ReactJS, Vue, ReactNative, Flutter...)
-Security and varied authorization policies
-Open source and as Strapi.io says, ALWAYS FREE
-Very participatory community and always keeping everything up to date

It was pretty easy to install the dependencies and run the project.
With the project locally, connecting to the MongoDB database was done quickly.
The administrative panel is super intuitive and has short tutorial videos. Quite simply, I didn't mess with a line of code! oO - But can be added if needed.
With all this I set up a Webservice quickly, very robust and easy to maintain. (Full CRUD and relational tables).

The framework is wonderful, I recommend all devs to give it a try.
For those who already know, that each day, with the help of the strong community, this CMS is increasingly robust. ❤

Some screens showing the progress of the work:

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The project is available on Github:

https://github.com/luccadumas/strapi-test/

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Chioukhhmimi

how to install strapi on node v16 i try but i couldnt

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Lucca Dumas

just install the new version of Strapi, it's excellent!

docs.strapi.io/developer-docs/late...

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nasa.wang

strapi is very useful

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Italo Alves

niceee

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Lucca Dumas

Tks man!

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Nicolás Danelón

cheesus, I love this article ^^

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Lucca Dumas

Thanks man! I'm happy with your feedback.

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Tulio Calil

awesome!

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Lucca Dumas • Edited

Tks man! <3

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Brandon Wright

You speak the true true. This API is very good for building backends.

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Lucca Dumas

True my friend she is fantastic

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Patrick Rocha

Is very good in one situation where need a quickly solution.
nice content man!

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Lucca Dumas

Tks man! Strapi is a quick and elegant solution.

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Odwa Tervin Mdanyana

Strapi has been on my radar the past few days and it seems like a pretty useful tool for creating an api quickly. Also, I love the admin panel. 🔥

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Lucca Dumas

Man, it's really worth it, if you're considering using it, try this, I think you won't regret it. The panel is really amazing.

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Andrey • Edited

Good framework! I created api with it for e-commerce

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Lucca Dumas

The power of Strapi is amazing!