# Fastify plugins as building blocks for a backend Node.js API

DevFeed: [Fastify plugins as building blocks for a backend Node.js API](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/fastify-plugins-as-building-blocks-for-a-backend-node-js-api-7915.md>)

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Author: Liran Tal

Published: 2024-05-28T05:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog RSS Feed | Snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-rss-feed-snyk.md>)

Topics: [Fastify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/fastify.md>), [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Application Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/application-development.md>), [async/await](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/async-await.md>), [Promise](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/promise.md>), [Routing (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/routing.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

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## AI overview

This article presents Fastify and its plugin ecosystem as building blocks for backend Node.js APIs. It discusses Fastify's low overhead, performance-oriented architecture, open source community, native ECMAScript module support, async/await route definitions, promise-based asynchronous code, and radix-tree routing for efficient request handling.

## Source excerpt

This blog post will focus on the foundational building blocks of building backend Node.js APIs using Fastify and its recommended plugins in 2024.