Backend Development Navigation

Scope: Server-side, APIs, databases, auth

Structure

development/backend/           # [future]
├── navigation.md
│
├── api-patterns/              # Approach-based
│   ├── rest-design.md
│   ├── graphql-design.md
│   ├── grpc-patterns.md
│   └── websocket-patterns.md
│
├── nodejs/                    # Tech-specific
│   ├── express-patterns.md
│   ├── fastify-patterns.md
│   └── error-handling.md
│
├── python/
│   ├── fastapi-patterns.md
│   └── django-patterns.md
│
├── authentication/            # Functional concern
│   ├── jwt-patterns.md
│   ├── oauth-patterns.md
│   └── session-management.md
│
└── middleware/
    ├── logging.md
    ├── rate-limiting.md
    └── cors.md

Quick Routes

Task	Path
REST API	`backend/api-patterns/rest-design.md` [future]
GraphQL	`backend/api-patterns/graphql-design.md` [future]
API design principles	`principles/api-design.md`
Node.js	`backend/nodejs/express-patterns.md` [future]
Python	`backend/python/fastapi-patterns.md` [future]
Auth (JWT)	`backend/authentication/jwt-patterns.md` [future]

By Approach

REST → backend/api-patterns/rest-design.md [future] GraphQL → backend/api-patterns/graphql-design.md [future] gRPC → backend/api-patterns/grpc-patterns.md [future]

By Language

Node.js → backend/nodejs/ [future] Python → backend/python/ [future]

By Concern

Authentication → backend/authentication/ [future] Middleware → backend/middleware/ [future] Data layer → data/ [future]

Related Context

API Design Principles → principles/api-design.md
Core Standards → ../core/standards/code-quality.md
Data Patterns → data/navigation.md [future]

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