The requirements of web applications constantly evolve, and so do the REST APIs they use. With the rise of the popularity of distributed systems and microservices, maintaining backward compatibility is increasingly important. Even if we maintain a monolithic architecture, there is a good chance that our frontend has a separate deployment pipeline. In this article, […]
One of the characteristics of relational databases is a strict data structure. We need to specify the shape of every table with its fields, indexes, and relationships. Even if we design our database carefully, the requirements that our application must meet are changing. Because of that, our database needs to evolve as well. When restructuring […]
Developing a REST API requires us to create endpoints using various HTTP methods such as GET, POST, and DELETE. People utilizing our API expect that making a GET request lists data instead of deleting it. It’s the developer’s role to ensure that the API is easy to understand and follows the best practices. While most […]
Using a debugger with an application running locally on our machine is a great way to troubleshoot. Unfortunately, we can’t do that with a deployed app. To be able to investigate any potential issues, we need to implement a logging functionality. In this article, we use the logger built into NestJS and integrate it with […]
When fetching data from the database, we do not always want to present it to the user in the original form. When working with NestJS, the most popular way of modifying the response is with the class-transformer library. However, using the above library with Prisma requires a bit of work. In this article, we provide […]
One of the most important aspects of working with a database is ensuring the stored information is correct. One of the fundamental ways of doing that is by using the correct data types for the columns in our tables. Thanks to that, we can make sure that a particular column holds only numbers, for example. […]
Relational databases such as PostgreSQL are great for storing structured data. This approach has many advantages, but it can lack flexibility. On the other hand, databases such as MongoDB that store JSON-like documents might give you more flexibility than you would like. Fortunately, PostgreSQL offers support for storing and querying loosely-structured JSON data. This article […]
PostgreSQL stands out as a feature-reach solution among other relational databases. Most of the column types available in PostgreSQL allow storing a single value. However, PostgreSQL, unlike most SQL databases, enables us to define columns as arrays. With them, we can store collections of values within a single column, reducing the need to create separate […]
Storing date and time in our database might be tricky, but it is essential to get it right. In this article, we tackle this issue using PostgreSQL and Prisma. We also learn the concept of timezones and how to deal with them when designing our database. How PostgreSQL interprets dates We can learn how our […]
The bigger our database, the more we need to care about the performance. Returning too much data at once through our API might not be the best approach when it comes to performance. A common solution is to divide our data into chunks and present it to the user as infinite scrolling or multiple pages. […]
