Introducing ZenStack: a schema-first toolkit for creating CRUD services in Next.js projects

Next.js is evolving fast and becoming an increasingly appealing choice for building full-stack web apps. However, coding up the backend part of an app, especially implementing CRUD services efficiently and securely, is still tricky (and boring too).

ZenStack is a toolkit that simplifies the construction of CRUD services with a schema-first approach. It offers a modeling language for defining data models, relations, and access policies and then generates RESTful CRUD services (with authorization) and React hooks for you. It also allows you to share types between client and server-side coding and achieve end-to-end type safety without pain.

Our goal is to let you save time writing boilerplate code and focus on building what matters - the user experience.

If it feels relevant, please also check out the excellent detailed tutorial by @jiasheng for how to use it in action.

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