What foundational skills best for Payload? #2881
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If I have a foundation of HTML/CSS/JavaScript and wanted to build on that in a way that made Payload intuitive to use, what should I learn next and in what order? My initial thought from looking at the documentation is below but would love input from those who know better. node |
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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 |
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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 …