Starlet #12 Wasp: the fastest way to develop full-stack web apps with React & Node.js
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Starlet #12 Wasp: the fastest way to develop full-stack web apps with React & Node.js

Matija Sosic 3 min read

This is the twelfth issue of The Starlet List. If you want to prompt your open source project on star-history.com for free, please check out our announcement.

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Wasp is a fully open-source, full-stack web framework for React, Node.js, and Prisma. Use it to develop and deploy any web application backed by a database with all the common features ready out-of-the-box, without any 3rd party services - authentication, cron jobs, sending emails, …

Wasp is currently in Beta and has been used to create over 25,000 projects. It also has its own GPT-powered SaaS starter that you can use for free to create a full-stack app codebase from a short description.

How it works?

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Wasp is based on a simple configuration language backed by a custom-made compiler. This lets Wasp understand your web app's complete structure and requirements, from front-end to database and even deployment, resulting in faster development and much less boilerplate code.

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The best part is that you still write most of your code in the stack you already know, React & Node.js, and have complete flexibility to use your favorite npm libraries. Wasp is just a tool to help you move faster, with best practices included.

What you get

  • Full-stack authentication - username/email & password or social auth (google, github). No 3rd party services
  • Full-stack type-safety - full TypeScript support with auto-generated types across the whole stack
  • Typesafe RPC - no API; your data models and server logic are instantly brought to the client
  • One-line deployment - deploy to any platform; Wasp CLI offers powerful helpers
  • Async jobs - easily define, schedule, and run specialized server tasks
  • Email sending - just connect an email provider or use SMTP
  • Powerful CLI - Wasp CLI covers everything from running your app, database migrations to deployment
  • And more! - Custom API routes, database seeding, automatic cache invalidation, …

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Made with Wasp

Getting started

  1. Install Wasp:

    curl -sSL https://get.wasp-lang.dev/installer.sh | sh

  2. Create a new project with a SaaS template:

    wasp new <my-new-project> -t saas

  3. Run it!

    wasp start

For more details, check out the docs: https://wasp-lang.dev/docs/quick-start

Learn more about Wasp

Wasp has had a pretty solid Year 2023, and in October alone we doubled our stars, growing from 4k to 8k🚀.

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If you'd like to learn more and try out Wasp for yourself, visit our site!