ExpressJS is probably the most popular framework for creating server-side web applications in Node.js. In this blog series I want to show you how to get started and how to do it The Right Way™. Articles in this series so far Get Started With ExpressJS ExpressJS Project Structure The ExpressJS Router…
ExpressJS is probably the most popular framework for creating server-side web applications in Node.js. In this blog series I want to show you how to get started and how to do it The Right Way™. Prerequisites Basic knowledge of Node.js and npm Some intermediate JavaScript knowledge Basic HTML and CSS…
ExpressJS is probably the most popular framework for creating server-side web applications in Node.js. In this blog series I want to show you how to get started and how to do it The Right Way™. Prerequisites Basic knowledge of Node.js and npm Some intermediate JavaScript knowledge Basic HTML and CSS…
Some code in my application is being naughty and won't do as I tell it. And I just cannot fathom what could possibly be wrong! I've had this issue for days now. No matter how I look at it, I just can't see a way out. I'm a stubborn fellow, so I dig in deep and keep gnawing at this problem until I…
A friend of mine asked me the other day about the MDN JavaScript manual. He noticed something odd when he looked up a function. For example, the title on the page for "forEach" was not "forEach". It was "Array.prototype.forEach". My friend wanted to know what that prototype thing was all about. This…
Last week I wrote up a list of advice for beginner web developers. One of the bullets on the list was to build a portfolio. But the challenge with this is that beginners have nothing to show. Or do they? Here is a list of ideas for beginner portfolios. Please share yours too at the bottom. The code…
I have been messing around on the World Wide Web since it was a thing. Today I teach Web Developer classes at college. Here is my advice for beginning web developers. Doesn't matter how you did it Don't spend too much time fussing over your solution to a problem. If it works, you did it right. It…
