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Introduction to Pure Dev

What is Pure Dev?

Pure Dev is a TypeScript-first backend builder that transforms how developers create web APIs. Unlike traditional backend builders that focus on drag-drop interfaces or low-code solutions, Pure Dev enhances the natural coding experience with real-time feedback and interactive development.

Pure Dev recognizes that backend development already has its own interface through code patterns, routing structures, and middleware chains. Rather than abstracting these away, Pure Dev enriches them with immediate feedback and interactive capabilities, allowing you to:

  • Write business logic with instant execution feedback
  • See database queries and API calls in real-time
  • Enjoy zero configuration and minimal boilerplate
  • Leverage complete type safety through TypeScript
  • Focus entirely on your application logic

Built on top of Hono and Deno Deploy, Pure Dev provides a seamless development experience that makes backend development more immediate, enjoyable, and productive.

Why Build with Pure Dev?

End Context Switching

Traditional backend development forces you to fragment your mental model across different tools - your code editor, database interface, API testing platform, and logging systems. Pure Dev unifies these contexts in one environment, allowing you to maintain your complete mental model while working.

Real-Time Feedback

Every keystroke in Pure Dev can trigger an evaluation, showing you exactly what your code is doing. See SQL queries being generated, actual data being returned, and potential performance issues - all in real-time as you type.

Enhanced Developer Experience

Pure Dev transforms backend development from a tedious cycle of writing, deploying, testing, and fixing into a fluid, creative process with immediate feedback. This shortens development cycles and makes coding more enjoyable.

Type Safety Without Compromise

Pure Dev leverages TypeScript's type system as a foundational element of your development experience. Types become a way to express your system's constraints and relationships, automatically propagating through to documentation, runtime validations, and test data.

Production-Ready From Day One

Pure Dev is built for production use cases, not just prototyping. The same platform that enables rapid development also ensures your code is ready for production environments.

Core Features

Pure Dev offers a comprehensive set of features designed to enhance your backend development experience:

Routes

Define and test API endpoints with instant feedback. Pure Dev provides a natural routing syntax with built-in parameter validation, type safety, and real-time testing capabilities.

Middlewares

Create reusable middleware functions to handle cross-cutting concerns like authentication, logging, and error handling. Test middleware chains in real-time and see exactly how they transform requests and responses.

Functions

Build reusable business logic with Pure Dev's function system. Create, test, and debug functions with immediate feedback, ensuring your core application logic works exactly as intended.

Dependencies

Manage application dependencies with Pure Dev's integrated package system. Import and use NPM packages seamlessly, with automatic type definitions and instant usage feedback.

Database Integration

Connect to databases with Pure Dev's built-in database integration features:

  • Supabase Integration - Seamlessly connect to Supabase with type-safe queries and real-time feedback
  • Kysely Integration - Write type-safe SQL queries with immediate visualization and execution

API Testing

Test your APIs without leaving your development environment. Pure Dev includes an integrated Postman-like experience with request configuration, header management, and interactive response previews.

Interactive Logs

View real-time logs tied directly to your code execution. Debug more effectively with contextual logging that shows exactly how your code is executing, what data is being processed, and where issues might occur.

Type Generation

Benefit from automated TypeScript type generation for your API endpoints. Define your data structures once and have type definitions propagate throughout your application, ensuring consistency and preventing errors.

Security Features

Implement robust security with built-in CORS support and a flexible middleware system for authentication, authorization, and other security concerns.

Deployment Options

Choose between managed deployment via Deno Deploy with automatic scaling and monitoring, or self-host your application with full code export capabilities and no vendor lock-in.

Export Capabilities

Export your entire project as clean, maintainable code that can run independently of Pure Dev. Take full control of your infrastructure while still benefiting from Pure Dev's development experience.