Every application has some need for environmental variables that are specific to that environment. This can be database connections strings or URL to an API that will vary between the different environments. In React, you can use .env files to define key-value pairs. Then Node will inject these at runtime to be used globally through the process.env.{variable}. In this blog, …
Building a messaging app sounds complicated, but it really isn’t. With the right tools, creating one might be simpler than you think. In this post, I will show you how to accomplish this task using Socket.IO. Before we dive in, let’s get some expectations out of the way. There will not be anything fancy in this app like different channels, …
Even if you’ve never stepped a foot into one of its stores to buy the newest version of Call of Duty, you’ve probably been hearing the name Gamestop a lot lately. That company’s stock is included in a group of stocks called ‘meme stocks’. Basically, these are (or were) dead-man walking stocks that are being heavily shorted by the big …
In June, Apple announced a two-year transition from Intel to Apple Silicon for the iMac and MacBook line. I knew Apple had lost their mind. But, before Christmas, I owned my very own chunk of Apple Silicon living in an attractive milled-aluminum case.
In this article, I’ll discuss the Apple M1 silicon-on-a-chip (SoC) used as a software development computer. I’ll cover installation, and I’ll also talk through running apps that support development on my M1.
In this post, I will be introducing three strategies that can help Node developers who wish to loosen their code. First, we’ll cover microservices with Moleculer. Then, we’ll through Inversion of Control with InversifyJS. Finally, we’ll discuss N-Tier Architecture and why it’s helpful.
