The Node.js environment and JavaScript is often identified with running just one task at a time, but this is not precisely the case. In this article, we go through the concept of multiple processes and spawn them using the child process module. Along the way, we learn how Node.js works under the hood in terms of […]
The world is a tough place – a lot of people out there to get you! While I might not teach you some martial arts and self-defense here, I hope to raise your level of awareness where it comes to malicious code. NPM happens to serve it every now and then! Identifying the problem Serving […]
JavaScript and the Node.js environment uses the Event Loop. In this article, we explore the idea of it and go through different phases that the event loop has. Although this series aims to present the usage of Node.js with TypeScript, this time we don’t get much of a chance to do it. In this part of […]
HTTPS seems to be everywhere now – it is a great time to go through its principals. Int his article we generate our certificate and use the HTTPS module from Node.js. With it, we can implement HTTPS in our local development environment. What problems does HTTPS solve and how? To see the advantages, let’s look […]
In this article, we continue the Node.js series. This time we listen for requests and send responses. To do that, we again use the HTPP module from Node.js. Node.js TypeScript: Creating a server, receiving requests In the TypeScript Express tutorial, we create a REST API that listens for requests and responds accordingly. While the Express framework is […]
The HTTP is a protocol allowing you to fetch resources such as JSON data and HTML documents. Two sides of the connection, the client and the server, communicate by exchanging messages. The message sent by the client is a request. The message sent by the server is a response. When using Node.js, you can act like either one […]
In this article, we continue covering streams, since they have a significant role in Node.js development. This time we focus on writable streams and pipes. To illustrate how a writable stream works we implement our simple version of a stream writing to a file. We also provide examples of streams appearing in the Node.js environment in the global process object: stdin, […]
Streams are present in programming for a long time now and it looks like they are going to stay. In Node.js they also play a big role and with them, we can deal with reading/writing data in an efficient way. You can encounter streams, for example, when working with files or dealing with HTTP requests. […]
Today we dive into another essential concept connected to Node.js: buffers. To understand them, we also explain what binary data is and why do we need character encodings. All this information is crucial when diving into other parts of Node.js, such as streams. Node.js TypeScript #3: Buffers The buffer exists in Node.js to help us manipulate binary […]
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 […]