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Frontend to Backend: From Vite to Express❗

Theodora Cristea on October 28, 2025

Intro Hey everyone!🤗 If you're a beginner who's just started learning the backend, or maybe you already know the basics but want a deepe...
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shemith mohanan

This was a super clear breakdown! 🙌
Loved how you explained the shift from Vite’s “magic” to Express’s manual routing — especially the part about express.static() and app.get('*'). The dev vs prod section was spot on too. Perfect read for beginners! 🚀

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Hashbyt • Edited

That dev vs prod security distinction is one I wish I understood sooner! Happy coding!

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Theodora Cristea

Seems my post helped you! 🤗 Happy to hear this! The better you understand the logic, the more confidence you’ll have in your code! Happy coding!

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Theodora Cristea

Thank you! Happy to hear that!🤗

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Hashbyt

What a fantastic breakdown for beginners! The distinction between Vite's "silent magic" and Express's "explicit instructions" is the critical mindset shift everyone needs to grasp to go from frontend to full-stack. Spot on with the express.static() and app.get('*') flow!

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Theodora Cristea

I'm glad to hear that! 🤗 Thank you for your time!

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

Awesome 😍 I really appreciate how you broke down the difference between Vite’s “invisible magic” and Express’s “manual control”, that’s exactly the part that confused me when I first started switching from frontend to backend. 😅
This is perfect for beginners 👌🏻

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Theodora Cristea

Hey!👋🏻 Thank you for taking the time to read my post!
I'm happy to hear you find me post helpful! 🥰 It was confused me at first too...🙃
See you around!

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Muhammad Bilal Khalid

Thanks for the write-up Thoedora 🙌
I am primarily a backend dev (dotnet specifically) and I have just recently started to get my hands dirty with React. Your post was easy to follow and clearly explained how routing works in front end frameworks. And you wrote it in-depth, something I truly appreciate. 👏

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Theodora Cristea

Thank you!🤗 I’m glad the post was helpful to you, I wanted to highlight the differences in how servers work both on the frontend and the backend. It can seem quite confusing at first. 🙃
Happy coding, and thanks for your time!

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Alexandru Ene

Always a pleasure to read your posts! They are very valuable! You are making great progress! Keep coding! :)

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Theodora Cristea

Thank you so much! That means a lot to me!
Thanks for your words and for your time!
See you around! 🤗

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Mahdi Jazini

Great breakdown of the dev vs prod setup, especially the express.static part which confuses so many developers. This article is a great reference for anyone trying to connect React with Express for the first time 💡

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Theodora Cristea • Edited

Hey!🤗 Thank you for your time!
That's right, I'm happy to know me post was helpful for you! It was confused me at first too...🙃

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Parag Nandy Roy

Such a great breakdown...

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Theodora Cristea

Thank you!🤗

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Andrew Baisden

Great article!

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Theodora Cristea

Thank you so much for your time!🤗 I'm happy to hear you like it!

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George Holt

Great post! Thanks for the help

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Theodora Cristea

Thank you! Happy to hear that!🤗

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Neurolov AI

Such a solid explanation.

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Theodora Cristea

Thank you! Happy to know that! 🤗 Thanks for time!

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herudi

Vite dev server is awesome. Now, running React+Express on the same port is easy. in Development and Production.

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Theodora Cristea

🤗😊

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Theodora Cristea

That's right! Thank you for your time! 🤗

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Ali Farhat

Love it! 🙌

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Theodora Cristea

Thank you!😊

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syahla nahda

jangan ragu main di jo777. udah pasti cuan

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Theodora Cristea

👍🏻

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DesignzByOJ

Thank you! I had learned these concepts intuitively by setting up a minimal React Vite env, but seeing it here made me think "I got this!"

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Theodora Cristea

Hey!👋🏻 I believe you! I'm happy to know my post make you understand better! 🤗
Thank you for your time reading my post!
Keep coding!🤗

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Rafiul Islam Jisan

thank you. This war very helpful.

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Theodora Cristea

I'm happy to hear that! Thanks for your time!🤗

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Kennedy Jim

A very clear guide. Thank you for the resource

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Theodora Cristea

You welcome! Happy to hear that! 🤗
Thanks for your time!

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Anurag Mathur

Great read! Loved your perspective on this — looking forward to more posts like this.

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Theodora Cristea

Thank you so much! 🤗 I'm glad to hear that! I really appreciate it!
Thanks for your time!

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Alfredo Barrera

🙌 Great explanation! 🙌
The distinction between dev and prod, and how Express serves static files versus Vite’s dev server, really clicked for me. Thanks for breaking it down so clearly!

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Theodora Cristea

It’s great to hear my article helped you understand their logic better!
Thanks for time Alfredo!🤗

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Olivia John

Now, that's a clean and clear breakdown. Great article!

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Theodora Cristea

Thank you so much!🤗🥰
I'm glad to hear that! See you around!