🐱🔥 Okay, I’ll admit — the cat logo might’ve caught my eye. I didn’t choose NestJS because I like cats… but it helps.
But there’s a lot more that makes NestJS my top pick over Express.
I started as a React developer. It’s great — gives full flexibility and lets you build things fast. But when I worked on some enterprise apps, I found that Angular, though opinionated, provided better structure. It comes with everything built-in — and I started to enjoy that.
Especially the class-based approach, decorators, and how it pushes you to understand core OOP concepts. That mindset shift made me curious about trying something similar in backend development.
🚀 Then I discovered NestJS
NestJS felt instantly familiar — it’s like Angular but for the backend. You get modules, controllers, services, dependency injection, and TypeScript out of the box. No need to figure everything from scratch like in Express.
It’s structured, scalable, and comes with official support for things like validation, Swagger, logging, testing, and more.
✅ Why I prefer NestJS over Express now:
- Opinionated structure makes it easier to scale
- Cleaner with TypeScript and decorators
- Comes with most tools I usually install manually in Express
- Feels like a backend built for developers who care about maintainability
I’m not saying React is bad or Angular is better — both have their own strengths. But as we grow in our careers, it’s important to learn how different tools solve problems in different ways.
📝 Final thoughts
For my next project, I’m choosing NestJS over Express — not just for features, but for the structure and clarity it brings. In upcoming blogs, I’ll dive deeper into how I’m using NestJS in real-world development — from architecture to performance and testing.
Stay tuned 👀
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