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🚀 Introducing Baidev v1.0 — A New Web Framework That Just Works

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Baidev is a newly emerging language and web framework designed for building fast, modern, secure web applications — with almost zero setup.

What makes Baidev stand out? It's batteries-included, combining:

  • Auto-routing
  • Dynamic routing
  • Component-based templating
  • Built-in database support
  • Asset handling
  • Built-in security
  • Native Python support
  • Minimal dependencies

In this article, we’ll explore its feature set, benchmark results, and compare it with established frameworks like Laravel, Express.js, and Django.

🌐 Key Features of Baidev

🔁 Auto-Routing + Dynamic, Runtime-Editable Routing

pages/
 └── users/
     └── [id].bai  →  /users/{id}
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This is similar to Next.js or SvelteKit — but with a twist.

|🌀 Baidev’s routing can also be modified at runtime.

✅ File-based by default (zero config)
✅ Supports dynamic URL parameters
✅ Add, modify, or remove routes while the app is running
✅ No need to restart the server

This hybrid model gives you the simplicity of static routing with the flexibility of dynamic frameworks like Flask or Express.

🧱 Component-Based Templating

Baidev's templating engine supports:

  • {% if %}, {% for %}, component includes
  • Auto-escaping for XSS protection
  • Slots and layout partials
  • Clean and expressive syntax

✅ SSR-ready
✅ Safe by default
✅ Built into the framework (no extra packages)

🔐 Built-in Security

No plugins or middleware needed — Baidev provides production-grade security out of the box:

✅ CSRF protection
✅ Secure cookies
✅ Password hashing with Bcrypt
✅ Default HTTP headers (HSTS, X-Content-Type, etc.)
✅ Templating auto-escapes HTML

🛢️ Integrated Database Support

Baidev ships with built-in MySQL support via a query builder abstraction.

users = db.table("users").where("active", True).get()
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  • Connection pooling
  • Prepared statements
  • Lightweight migrations (up/down)
  • Works instantly — no ORM boilerplate

🐍 Native Python Code Execution

One standout feature: Baidev lets you write and run Python code directly in your route files.

# routes/stats.bai
from math import sqrt

def handle():
    return json({ "root": sqrt(49) })
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✅ No virtual environments
✅ No Flask or FastAPI
✅ Just write Python — Baidev runs it internally

This unlocks amazing possibilities for:

  • Data science integrations
  • Custom logic with Python libs
  • Reusing existing Python utility scripts

🔬 Real Benchmark: Baidev on Windows

We tested a simple /ping route that returns:

{ "message": "pong" }
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Using hey (a lightweight HTTP benchmark tool):

hey -n 10000 -c 100 http://localhost:3000/ping
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📈 Result: 

Summary:
  Total:        1.2523 secs
  Slowest:      0.0671 secs
  Fastest:      0.0240 secs
  Average:      0.0377 secs
  Requests/sec: 7985.5034
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✅ Nearly 8,000 requests per second
✅ Average latency: ~38ms
✅ Fully JSON-encoded responses
✅ Tested on Windows (faster on Linux/WSL expected)

For a self-hosted, non-optimized app — this is impressive and on par with Node.js and lightweight Python frameworks.

🔍 Baidev vs Other Frameworks

Feature Baidev Laravel Express.js Django
File-based Routing ✅ Yes ❌ Manual ❌ Manual ❌ Manual
Dynamic Runtime Routing ✅ Yes ⚠️ Limited ✅ Manual ⚠️ Complex
Python Code Integration ✅ Native ❌ ❌ ✅ Built-in
Built-in Security ✅ Defaults included ✅ Plugins ⚠️ Manual setup ✅ Built-in
Asset Pipeline ✅ Cache-busting included ✅ Laravel Mix ⚠️ External needed ⚠️ Manual
DB Support ✅ Query builder + MySQL ✅ Eloquent ⚠️ Needs ORM lib ✅ ORM built-in

💡 Why Developers Should Try Baidev

  • 🚀 File-based + runtime routing = fast dev cycles
  • 🧠 Python-native = build fast without learning another DSL
  • 🔐 Secure by default = save time avoiding CVEs
  • ⚙️ Great performance = 8,000+ RPS with JSON
  • 🧪 Batteries-included = no setup, no dependency chaos

📎 Final Thoughts

Baidev is shaping up to be one of the most developer-friendly web frameworks in recent memory — particularly for those who want:

  • Simplicity of file-based routing
  • Flexibility of dynamic runtime control
  • Speed of a compiled backend
  • Familiarity of Python code
  • And zero hassle setup
  • If you're starting a new side project, dashboard, admin panel, or even a production app — Baidev is worth a look.

👉 Visit: Bai Dev Official Website

💬 Coming Next

In future posts, we’ll explore:

  • Advanced component rendering
  • Building APIs with dynamic data
  • Deploying Baidev on Linux/Docker
  • Performance tuning with caching, queues, and threads

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