Systems | Development | Analytics | API | Testing

Node.js Logging: A How-to Guide

When visiting a new website, it is quite normal to get carried away by the bells and whistles of the fancy UI and UX and not be able to appreciate all the lower level, back-end code that runs tirelessly to ensure a smooth and fast website experience. This is because your front-end HTML code has a visually rich browser page interface as a platform to showcase its output. Whereas your back-end, server-side code usually only has a console at its disposal.

Node.js Resiliency Concepts: The Circuit Breaker

In 2009 Node.js opened up a door for front-end developers to dip their toes into the world of servers without having to leave the comfort of their language. It’s almost effortless to get started with Node. You can basically copy-paste an entire HTTP server into existence and then install an ODM and you’ve got your CRUD app ready to roll! However, if we’ve learned anything from the amazing Spider-Man, it’s that with great power, comes great responsibility.

Behind the Scenes of Node.js Distributions

If you are installing Node.js in Linux to use it in production, there is a big chance that you are using NodeSource Node.js Binary Distributions. In this talk you can find the process in which NodeSource Node.js Binary Distributions is updated, how new versions are supported, the human and infrastructure process, and some limitations of maintaining the channel. Also and most importantly, how the community can get involved with this project.

Need to Node - Volume 67

In this volume of Need to Node, you can find the latest news on Deno, a recording of our webinar ‘New and Exciting Features to Land in Node.js version 14’ and ‘JavaScript features to forget’. Need to Node is a weekly bulletin designed to keep you up-to-date with the latest news on the Node.js project, events and articles. You are always welcome to collaborate and participate. Please let us know if we missed a piece of content you think should be included!

Try N|Solid - A Ready Made Demo

You asked and we listened. Until today, trying our novel approach to monitoring performance, diagnostics and security required bringing your own application and load testing environment. Our latest release of N|Solid 3.12 changes this. We are excited to announce the launch of ‘Try N|Solid’ a new, one-command , zero-config way for you and/or your colleagues to experience the power of our Node.js Enterprise Runtime (N|Solid) 💪.

New and Exciting Features to Land In Node.js v14

Node.js v14 has just been released. It comes with exciting features and enhancements. More importantly, it will be promoted to Long-Term Support (LTS) in October. The time to start trying said features and start testing your applications and secure a smooth transition is now. In this talk we will be showing the most relevant of these new features implementation examples and more.