Compressing files plays a very important role when transferring huge amounts of data via the internet. In today’s lesson, I’ve learned how to compress and decompress text files. The code snippets can be found on https://github.com/nielslange/30-days-of-node-js/tree/master/Day%2016%20-%20Zlib%20Module. References: https://nodejs.org/api/zlib.html https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html
Did I really miss a day yesterday? 😯 In fact, I did! I’m currently on Bali and it seems to me that the concept of time does not apply to this island. While having very intense conversations about life, I totally missed yesterday’s challenge. Nevertheless, I followed up where I left and in today’s challenge, I […]
Today I learned how to use Node.js in combination with Socket.IO. Within the lessons, I learned how to create two mini-applications. One application was to create quotes within an admin interface which then will be displayed in real time on another page. The second application was to dynamically change the background colour or paragraphs. Today’s code […]
Another day, another lesson. Today, I’ve learned how to create a signup form using Node.js, Express & MongoDB. The application uses one Node.js file and two HTML files. The code of today’s lesson can be found on https://github.com/nielslange/30-days-of-node-js/tree/master/Day%2013%20-%20Sign%20Up%20form. References: https://expressjs.com/ https://www.mongodb.com/
How would applications look like if no data could be created, read, updated and deleted? That’s when Mongo DB comes into the game. Today’s lesson explained the concept of CRUD using Mongo DB. While I’m very familiar with the CRUD concept, I do have to admit that I was struggling in setting up Mongo DB […]
Another day, another challenge. Today I’ve learned how to create a server as well as basic routing using the Node,js package Express. Today’s code snippet can be found on https://github.com/nielslange/30-days-of-node-js/tree/master/Day%2011%20-%20Express%20Framework and requires Postman to fully test it. References: https://expressjs.com/ https://www.getpostman.com/apps
In 1981, shortly before I turned one year, the James Bond movie For your eyes only was released. Encryption and decryption was important back then and is probably even more important today. That’s why today’s lesson covered the topic Encryption & Decryption. As usual, the code snippets can be found on https://github.com/nielslange/30-days-of-node-js/tree/master/Day%2010%20-%20Encryption%20%26%20Decryption. References: https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html https://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html […]
Today’s lesson was about hash functions and HMAC, which both are helpful to encrypt and decrypt data. I’ve learned about various encryption methods and how to use them. The code snippets can be found on https://github.com/nielslange/30-days-of-node-js/tree/master/Day%2009%20-%20Hashing%20and%20HMAC. References: https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cipher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic-curve_cryptography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_function
I cannot believe it, I’ve just published my first npm package. Today’s lesson was about how to publish npm module. The biggest lesson I learned today is that publishing npm packages it very easy and straightforward. I’ve also learned that I should run extensive testing before publishing the npm package. As you can tell on the version number of […]
Day 4 of the 30 Days of Node.js challenge was about the console object and its different methods. Until now, I was only using console.log(…) to display data in the console. Today, I’ve learned that by using console.log(…), console.info(…), console.warn(…) and console.error(…) I can control how the error message will appear within the browser’s console. […]
Today’s lesson was about regular expressions. I do have to admit that regular expressions are definitely one of my weaknesses. Every time I think “Yes, now I got it!” and run a test against my pattern, it fails. It’s definitely something I need to learn deeply in the future. But for now, I’m happy I […]
Yesterday, I started the 30 Days of Node.js challenge. While yesterdays lesson was about servers and how to display various formats, such as strings, JSON files, HTML files, etc., today’s lesson was about the file system such as reading, writing and deleting files. Today’s code snippets can be found on https://github.com/nielslange/30-days-of-node-js/tree/master/Day%2002%20-%20File%20System.