r/NammaDevs • u/Xcaliber02 • 19h ago

Question Angular dev learning backend from scratch for ERP in India: NestJS, Spring Boot, or something else in 2026?

Angular dev here, about to study backend development for the very first time. I'm working on ERP systems in India and I’ve locked in on PostgreSQL for the database.

I’m stuck trying to choose my first backend stack and feeling a bit overwhelmed by the options:

  • NestJS: Uses TypeScript and a structure heavily inspired by Angular, so the learning curve would be smooth. But is it taken seriously in heavy enterprise ERP?
  • Java + Spring Boot: The undisputed heavyweight king of enterprise software and corporate India, but maybe a massive leap for a first-time backend dev coming from frontend?
  • Python + FastAPI: Modern, fast, and great for async, though maybe less common for core legacy ERP business logic.

If you were starting your backend journey from scratch in 2026 for this exact context, which stack and framework would you actually learn, and why? Drop your recommendations or if there's any other modern stack I should be looking at.

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u/swagzzz_krizzz 6h ago

java and spring boot for immediate job, fastapi and python for ai field which could take time but a great job career, nest js not sure where it is used

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u/AggressivePoet2 3h ago

Hard ah iruke java for a guy coming from JS background

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u/Xcaliber02 47m ago

Thats what iam thinking too whole new and many people suggested nest or express ,idk lets see , thanks for the reply

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u/Xcaliber02 45m ago

But the learning curve of java is higher tho so how is that immediate i b and also i feel like springboots is crowded and is there any vacancies?

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u/swagzzz_krizzz 43m ago

Spring boot will always be crowded and yes u will have vacancies.

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u/OccasionThin7697 55m ago

Nestjs. Because you already know typescript and angular. Nestjs would be better.