# Encore.ts: a new type of framework

DevFeed: [Encore.ts: a new type of framework](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/encore-ts-a-new-type-of-framework-17766.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://encore.dev/blog/a-new-type-of-framework>)

Author: André Eriksson

Published: 2024-09-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Encore Updates](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/encore-updates.md>)

Topics: [Framework](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/framework.md>), [Developer experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-experience.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>), [distributed-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/distributed-systems.md>), [TypeScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/typescript.md>), [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dashboards.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Express](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/express.md>), [Fastify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/fastify.md>), [Logging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/logging.md>), [Postman](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postman.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [developer-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-experience.md>), [distributed-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distributed-systems.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [express](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/express.md>), [framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/framework.md>), [logging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/logging.md>), [postman](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postman.md>), [typescript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/typescript.md>)

## AI overview

An opinion piece argues that Encore.ts differs from other JavaScript backend frameworks through its developer experience. It describes a local dashboard with request traces, automatic API documentation derived from TypeScript types, an API Explorer, and support for networks of services.

## Source excerpt

How Encore.ts is more than just another backend framework, and why it's worth paying closer attention to.