Getting started with RedwoodJS
Blog post from LogRocket
RedwoodJS is an opinionated, full-stack, serverless web application framework that simplifies the development of JAMstack applications by integrating React, GraphQL, and Prisma. It provides a React-like frontend delivered via CDN, communicates with the backend through GraphQL on AWS Lambdas, and supports deployment with a simple git push, particularly to platforms like Netlify. The framework's unique features include a declarative data fetching system called "Cells," a simple yet powerful routing mechanism, and a CLI tool inspired by Rails for generating necessary components and migrating databases. While RedwoodJS is still in its alpha stage, making it unsuitable for production-level applications, it shows potential for evolving into a standard tool for building full-stack web applications due to its ease of use and logical decision-making processes. Despite some limitations with Lambda function lengths and serverless database connections, Redwood accommodates full-stack applications and aims to improve over time with minimal developer effort.