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What foundational skills best for Payload? #2881

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Payload abstracts a lot so that if all you know is JS you can build cool things. I'll comment on each of the things you listed below.

node - not much to learn here really
Express - Pretty simple, just knowing how it works could be helpful for troubleshooting issues in a project or extending your app outside of Payload
Typescript - This is what you should focus on if you have only done JS, TS is a big improvement and will serve you well in your dev career.
React - Knowing React will be helpful if you want to customize the admin UI or build frontend websites using Next.js or plain React.
Mongodb - There isn't much to know here, Payload abstracts the DB so much that you can get by with very …

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