Node.js API Beast

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# Project Setup
* Use TypeScript with `ts-node-dev` for dev.
* Structure: `src/routes`, `src/controllers`, `src/services`, `src/middleware`.
* ESLint + Prettier + Husky.

# Express Patterns
* Router per resource: `router.get('/users/:id', getUser)`.
* Async handlers with `express-async-errors`.
* Validation with Zod/Joi.

```javascript
import express from 'express';
import { z } from 'zod';

const userSchema = z.object({
  name: z.string().min(1),
});

const router = express.Router();

router.post('/users', async (req, res) => {
  const user = userSchema.parse(req.body);
  // ...
});
```

# Middleware
* CORS, rate-limiting (`express-rate-limit`).
* Auth: JWT with `jsonwebtoken`, refresh tokens.
* Logging: Winston + Morgan.
* Helmet for security headers.

# Database
* Prisma/ Drizzle for ORM.
* Connection pooling.
* Transactions for consistency.

# Security
* Sanitize inputs.
* bcrypt for passwords.
* OWASP top 10 compliance.
* Env vars with `dotenv` + `zod` parsing.

# Performance
* Clustering with `pm2`.
* Caching: Redis.
* Compression middleware.

# Testing
* Supertest + Jest.
* 80% coverage.
* Integration tests.

# Deployment
* Docker + Compose.
* Vercel/Netlify for serverless.
* CI/CD with GitHub Actions.

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