One of the things I appreciate most about being at Zone01 Kisumu is the culture of continuous learning. This week, I attended my second mini-conference, where the topic of discussion was backend frameworks.
Rather than comparing frameworks to determine which one is "the best," the speakers focused on something much more important: understanding where each framework fits.
Starting with the Fundamentals
The conference opened with an excellent presentation by Clare Gisore, who walked us through the foundations of backend development. Before discussing any framework, it's important to understand the role a backend plays in an application—handling business logic, communicating with databases, managing authentication, exposing APIs, and much more.
That foundation made the rest of the sessions much easier to follow.
