Going Further

A curated set of next reads, plugins, and community spots for after the course.

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What you'll learn

Bookmark the official docs at fastify.dev
Explore the @fastify/* plugin ecosystem
Read benchmarks and the "Accelerating Node" book

You now have enough Fastify to ship a production API. The ecosystem is large and the docs are excellent — here’s where to go next.

Official Docs

fastify.dev/docs — reference docs, hooks, lifecycle, types
fastify.dev/ecosystem — curated plugin index
github.com/fastify/fastify — source, RFCs, discussions

The reference docs cover edge cases the course intentionally skipped (custom serializers, listener events, the request.routeOptions API, etc.).

Plugins to Know

// Often-installed in real apps
'@fastify/sensible';       // .notFound(), .badRequest() helpers
'@fastify/auth';           // compose multiple auth strategies
'@fastify/under-pressure'; // event-loop / memory backpressure
'@fastify/redis';          // shared Redis client
'@fastify/awilix';         // dependency injection

Books and Talks

Accelerating Node.js Applications with Native Modules — Matteo Collina
Matteo Collina conference talks on Fastify, Pino, and undici (YouTube)
The Fastify benchmark repo: github.com/fastify/benchmarks

Community

Fastify Discord (linked from fastify.dev)
GitHub Discussions on fastify/fastify
Twitter/X: @matteocollina, @fastifyjs

Build something real — the best follow-up to a course is a project. Ship a small API, benchmark it, deploy it, and read someone else’s Fastify codebase. You’ll learn more in a weekend than from any tutorial.