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Free backend server generator

Hi everyone, I'm playing with the idea of building an open source backend server generator. It will take in table descriptions as well as cloud function names and generate a fully operational backend server, with:

  • Tables \ models, basic views and REST controller actions for the tables specified.
  • Javascript hooks that plug into each action that you can easily modify yourself.
  • Javascript hooks for the cloud functions.

It will generate a folder you can then deploy to a hosting service such as heroku, digital ocean or aws and Voila! you have your own backend server, without tying into a serverless or cloud function provider. It won't have the same support as these providers offer but it will be free and flexible, which I think can be valuable for MVPs and side projects.

I wanna build it mostly as a technical challenge, but I wondered if frontend and mobile developers would be interested in such a tool. Also, I will be building it as an open source project so if anyone is interested in contributing - let me know!

on February 14, 2021