Just JavaScript: Prototyping with Node and Express
Last night, I gave a little talk about prototyping and Express at Node.ph’s holiday presentations. A very nice event, and I really enjoyed listening to all the presentations. Here are the resources...
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On JavaScript Complexity
Limiting complexity is a noble goal in engineering. By limiting complexity, we make our code easier to understand and maintain for future developers on the project. To be honest, you make it easier for...
View ArticleTickets for LibertyJS are live!
Tickets are on sale for our humble JavaScript fest, LibertyJS. Tickets are on sale now, at $10 or $15 depending on if you choose to attend a workshop. What’s LibertyJS? James and I (well, a bit more...
View ArticleSuper simple environment variables in Node.js
I recently made a small project using the Twitter API and wanted a super simple way to store my local environment variables. Fair warning, my method is a little hack-y, but you can riff on it for your...
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Your REPL can teach you something
I’m so, so excited because a wee change I advocated for has landed in Node. As in, if you download/upgrade your Node install to the stable version, you will see this change. It all started when I saw a...
View ArticleUsing JavaScript for on-demand functions with AWS Lambda
I’ve recently started working often with AWS Lambda, one of the many providers you can use to do “serverless” programming, that is, writing apps without running your own infrastructure (if you want a...
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If you run Node on Lambda, you’re using Scott’s Node
Found a curious thing today, while messing with Lambda. I was looking at some data that (among other things) logs the config for the node process (process.config), and saw something interesting. Hi,...
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Simple HTTP requests in Node (no packages)
This was surprisingly difficult to find, so I’m writing a wee blog post about it! I was working on a project recently (more on that soon!) and didn’t want to have any dependencies because $REASONS. And...
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