In this article, we continue going through the main concepts connected to Node.js. This time we dive into the idea of the Node.js EventEmitter. We explain its synchronous nature and how it works, which helps with understanding other Node.js features because some of them use the EventEmitter under the hood. Node.js TypeScript: EventEmitter Using events is a […]
In this series, we go through the core concepts of Node.js. In general, in this series, we focus on the environment of Node.js and not the JavaScript itself, while having the advantages of static typing using TypeScript. It includes matters like the File System, Event Loop, and the Worker Threads. In this article, we create a […]
An essential part of developing a fully functional software is testing. In this article, we focus on making our application more testable and implementing unit and integration tests using Jest and a library called SuperTest. This part of the TypeScript Express testing tutorial needs some basic understanding of tests and the knowledge of tools like […]
In this article, we go through migrations, which is a significant thing when working with Postgres. We learn what they are and the basics of how to write them. Although the knowledge of SQL is useful here, we also learn how to have them auto-generated for us with the help of TypeORM CLI and how […]
Today we continue using Postgres with Express and Typescript. Relationships are an essential part of working with Postgres, and therefore we cover it today. To handle it we use TypeORM. The code for the tutorial is in the express-typescript repository in the postgres branch. Feel free to give it a star. TypeScript Express Postgres Relationships When […]
Today our tutorial takes a bit of a turn as we look into relational databases, Postgres in particular. In this article, we go through setting up an environment with Express Postgres. We also set up the pgAdmin platform so that we get an overview of our database. In the upcoming parts of the tutorial, we focus on […]
With MongoDB aggregation, we can process data and get computed results. Thanks to that, we get additional information about the documents in our collections. You can use it to perform some tasks on the data and let the MongoDB handle it for you. In this article, we create an endpoint that gives us a report […]
Today we dive into MongoDB relationships between documents. To do it we use Mongoose and the populate feature. As always, the code that we cover here is available in the express-typescript repository. You’re welcome to give it a star. MongoDB relationships between documents The fact is that MongoDB is a NoSQL database. It means that it […]
Today we cover an essential part of almost every application: registering users and authenticating them. To implement it, we use JSON Web Tokens (JWT). Instead of getting help from libraries like Passport, we build everything from the ground up to get the best understanding of how it works. As always, all of the code is […]
Since not always everything goes perfectly, you need to expect the unexpected. To prepare for that, we cover TypeScript Express error handling and incoming data validation. Just as before, the repository for the tutorial is mwanago/express-typescript. If you find it helpful, feel free to give it a star. Express Error handling In the previous part of the […]