🔹 Express.js;
🔹 Json Web Token for authentication;
🔹 Redis to cache an updated copy of the database;
🔹 Prisma Object Relational Mapper to manage the MySQL database through Typescript functions;
🔹 Socket.io to connect to a front-end app for real-time communication.
Note: You must have Node.js, MySQL and Redis installed on your machine. I recommend using Docker to run both storage tools.