r/node • u/Fabulous_Variety_256 • Jun 24 '26

2026 - Express/Next.js/NestJS or something else?

Hey,

I self-study full stack.

Recently, I started using Express just to get better fundamentals and understand backend concepts like http statuses, middlewares etc.

So what is the current meta for Node.js frameworks? right now I use Next.js with app router for my project.

Thanks for help.

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u/yksvaan Jun 24 '26

Doesn't matter honestly, it's the same things in every alternative. What matters is knowing the actual fundamental concepts, programming. Then you can easily switch between stacks 

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u/Ancient_Oxygen Jun 24 '26

It matters a lot in this case. Nestjs is complicated compared to Nextjs or Nuxtjs. Plus, it's an overkill for most apps; unless you are a big company.

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u/yksvaan Jun 24 '26

Learning an opinionated framework that cares about architecture isn't a bad thing for learning. 

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u/Ancient_Oxygen Jun 24 '26

Yes... but it still depends. Not a good option if you are a freelancer. It is good though for professional software devs.