> Portal Navigation:
> 
> - Append `.md` to any URL under `https://dev.wix.com/docs/` to get its markdown version.
> - Pages are either content pages (article or reference text) or menu pages (a list of links to child pages).
> - To get a menu page, truncate any URL to a parent path and append `.md` (e.g. `https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk.md`, `https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk/core-modules.md`).
> - Top-level index of all portals: https://dev.wix.com/docs/llms.txt
> - Full concatenated docs: https://dev.wix.com/docs/llms-full.txt

## Resource: About the Site Backend

## Article: About the Site Backend

## Article Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites/articles/coding-with-velo/backend-code/about-the-site-backend.md

## Article Content:

# About the Site Backend

When you build a site on the Wix Dev Platform, you get access to a zero-setup, serverless backend environment.
Experience lightning-fast performance with our powerful Node.js server-side runtime, designed for seamless initialization and code execution. Scale and mobilize your backend operations securely, reliably, and consistently.

Here is some of the functionality you can implement in your site's backend:

+ Interface with [Wix APIs](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo.md) to execute workflows and [handle backend events](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites/articles/coding-with-velo/backend-code/events/about-backend-events.md).   
+ Store and manage your data with Wix's out of the box [database](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites/articles/databases/wix-data/data-api/working-with-the-data-api.md), and the [`wix-data`](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/api-reference/wix-data/introduction.md) API, or [integrate with an external database](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites/articles/databases/external-databases/overview/integrating-external-databases-with-your-wix-site.md).
+ Seamlessly export backend functions to your site's frontend using [web modules](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites/articles/coding-with-velo/backend-code/web-modules/about-web-modules.md).
+ Expose REST endpoints from your site's backend using [HTTP functions](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/api-reference/wix-http-functions/introduction.md).