Q&A: Thank You Web App, Express.js and Emails
I recently received a question from Joanne Daudier. She is an up and coming web developer, middle term student at a JS/Node.js bootcamp called RefactorU and a reader of Express.js Guide. This is what...
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TL;DR: ExpressWorks is an automated Express.js/Node.js workshop. ExpressWorks is an automated Express.js/Node.js workshop. During fun times at NodeConf 2013 one of the workshops was stream-adventures...
View ArticleExpress.js Guide Foreword by Anatoliy Chakkaev
Dear reader, you are holding a book which will open you to understanding and fluent usage of the Express.js framework – standard de facto in web application programming on Node.js. And I would...
View ArticleExpress.js FUNdamentals
Express.js is an amazing framework for Node.js projects and used in the majority of such web apps. Unfortunately, there’s a lack of tutorials and examples on how to write good production-ready code. To...
View ArticleExpress.js and Mongoose Example: Building HackHall
Note: This text is a part of the Express.js Guide: The Most Popular Node.js Framework Manual book. The HackHall project was written using Backbone.js and Underscore for the front-end app, and...
View ArticleNode.js FUNdamentals: A Concise Overview of The Main Concepts
Note: This text is a part of upcoming ebook JavaScript and Node FUNdamentals: A Collection of Essential Basics. Node.js is a highly efficient and scalable non-blocking I/O platform that was build on...
View ArticleJavaScript and Node FUNdamentals is Finished
JavaScript and Node FUNdamentals: A Collection of Essential Basics is a short read to brush up and refresh JavaScript and Node.js topics including frameworks like CoffeeScript, Backbone.js and...
View ArticleSeven Things You Should Stop Doing with Node.js
Inspired by 5 Things You Should Stop Doing With jQuery by Burke Holland, I decided to open a discussion and highlight seven things you should immediately stop doing with Node.js: Stop using callbacks...
View ArticleIntroduction to OAuth with Node.js Update
The Introduction to OAuth with Node.js mini-book is getting close to the release. The manuscript is ready. Now we’re putting final touches on the cover design and doing a second pass of editing. A good...
View ArticleIntro to OAuth with Node.js: OAuth 1.0 (One-Legged)
This text is part of Introduction to OAuth with Node.js mini-book which is available at gum.co/hRyc. Introduction to OAuth with Node.js: Twitter API OAuth 1.0, OAuth 2.0, OAuth Echo, Everyauth and...
View ArticleNodeFrameworks.com Got GitHub Stats
Now our hand-picked registry of Node.js frameworks (NodeFrameworks.com) has GitHub statistics right on the website, so you don’t have to navigate back and forth when making a decision! This is how it...
View ArticleSails.js 101
Sails.js (GitHub) is a convention-over-configuration type of a framework. This means that it’s similar in philosophy to Ruby on Rails. Sails.js is a true MVC framework, unlike Express.js which relies...
View ArticleExpress.js Security Tips
TL;DR This text is part of my new book Pro Express.js: Master Express.js—The Node.js Framework For Your Web Development [Apress, 2014]. Security is important, that’s why I decided to publish this...
View ArticleTo Engineers Who Tried to Use Jade Template Engine and Can’t Get Started
When I started working at Storify as a Node.js Engineer. The tech stack was Express and Jade. I hate to admit it, but I struggled with Jade a lot! Before, I mostly worked with Underscore, and...
View ArticleHow to Use Jade and Handlebars in Express.js
I hated Jade as many other Node.js developes do. But I changed 180 after I realized that it has tons of features. At Storify and DocuSign we used Jade for EVERYTHING. We used Jade even in the browser....
View ArticleExpressWorks Walkthrough: Node.js Web Framework [VIDEOS]
Have you ever wanted to learn basics of Node.js and the most popular Node.js web framework Express.js? If you are experienced web developer or software engineer who wants to learn Node.js and build...
View ArticleNode Interactive 2015
Last week, I presented my talk at the inaugural Node Interactive ’15, in Portland, Oregon. It’s probably the largest Node.js conference in the world! My talk was on Node.js at Capital One. You might...
View ArticleFull Stack JavaScript
My new book Full Stack JavaScript (my 4th traditionally-published book) comes with a series of screencast videos for better immersion in a wonderful and mesmerizing world of Node.js, Backbone and...
View ArticleNode Patterns: From Callbacks to Observer
This essay started as a presentation at the ConFoo Canada conference. Enjoy the slides at https://github.com/azat-co/node-patterns: git clone https://github.com/azat-co/node-patterns Node Patterns:...
View ArticleYou Don’t Know Node: Quick Intro to Core Features
This essay was inspired by the Kyle Simpson’s series of books, You Don’t Know JavaScript. They are a good start with JavaScript fundamentals. Node is mostly JavaScript except for a few differences...
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