As applications grow, the number of different entities also increases. A crucial part of learning how to design a database is creating relationships between them. This is because our entities will often relate to each other in some way. Relational databases such as PostgreSQL are an industry standard for quite some time now. Although there […]
So far, in this series, we’ve been using TypeORM to manage our data and connect to our Postgres database. In this article, we look into Prisma, which is a capable alternative. With Prisma, we describe our data using a Prisma schema file. It uses its own data modeling language and acts as a single source […]
While dealing with data, we often have to handle the date and the time. When doing so, there are quite a few things to consider. In this article, we approach various issues both from the standpoint of PostgreSQL and TypeORM. Ways to store and display date and time in PostgreSQL By default, Postgres represents dates […]
While developing our application, security should be one of our main concerns. One of the ways we can improve it is by implementing a two-factor authentication mechanism. This article goes through its principles and puts them into practice with NestJS and Google Authenticator. Adding two-factor authentication The core idea behind two-factor authentication is to confirm […]
With GraphQL, we model our API as a graph. Within a schema, we have various types of nodes that can relate to each other. While the fields in our query might have sub-fields, at some point, we want to work on concrete data. We refer to the type that describes an individual value as the […]
So far, in this series, we’ve used GraphQL both to fetch and modify data. While this covers many real-life cases, modern applications often include situations in which users need immediate feedback when some event occurs. One of the solutions suggested by the GraphQL team is polling. In this technique, the client periodically requests the API for […]
In the previous article, we’ve implemented resolvers and queries. There is quite a common catch with them, though. It is referred to as the N + 1 problem. In this article, we illustrate the issue and provide a few ways to deal with it. The N + 1 problem The N + 1 problem can […]
GraphQL has gained quite a lot of popularity lately. And no wonder, because it is an interesting approach to querying data. Therefore, it is definitely worth looking into. At its core, GraphQL is a query language with a runtime that can execute them. Although it is an alternative to REST, it can work alongside it. […]
With WebSockets, we can perform a two-way communication in real-time between the user and the server. Thanks to that, the browser can send messages to the server and listen to information from the other side. The principles of the WebSocket handshake WebSocket is a protocol that operates in a different way than HTTP. Even though […]
So far, in this series, we’ve been creating an API that allows users to interact with our application. As soon as the client makes the request, we react to it and respond. Sometimes though, we need to delay the execution of some logic or do so on a schedule. A common solution in the Unix […]
