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This skill provides comprehensive guidance for building scalable, maintainable, and production-ready backend applications using Node.js. It covers modern architectural patterns, best practices, and implementation details for REST APIs, GraphQL servers, microservices, authentication, real-time WebSockets, and complex database integrations (SQL/NoSQL).

This comprehensive guide helps developers make critical architectural decisions in modern Node.js development. It covers framework selection (Fastify, Hono, Express), implementing layered architecture, mastering async patterns, robust error handling, and essential security protocols. The focus is on teaching architectural thinking and problem-solving skills, ensuring the development of scalable, high-performance, and maintainable backend APIs.

This guide addresses the critical difference between standard Node.js SHA3-256 and the Keccak-256 hash function required by Ethereum. Using the wrong hash function can silently corrupt calculated function selectors, event topics, storage slots, and derived addresses. It provides best practices and code examples for using dedicated libraries (like ethers, viem, web3.js) to ensure correct, Ethereum-compliant hashing in JavaScript and TypeScript environments.

This guide addresses the critical difference between standard Node.js SHA3-256 and the Keccak-256 hash function required by Ethereum. Using the wrong hash function can silently corrupt calculated function selectors, event topics, storage slots, and derived addresses. It provides best practices and code examples for using dedicated libraries (like ethers, viem, web3.js) to ensure correct, Ethereum-compliant hashing in JavaScript and TypeScript environments.