Event-driven microservices are a design pattern for building scalable and resilient software systems. Instead of traditional monolithic architecture where all components are tightly coupled and execute in a predefined sequence, event-driven microservices decouple individual components and allow them to communicate and collaborate through the exchange of events. This article is…

I’ve seen a few people around the internet praise Promise.all for allowing your promises to run in parallel. While the spirit of this tip is correct, in that Promise.all may speed up the execution of multiple promises, the word “parallel” is technically incorrect. In this article, I will explain, as…

The JavaScript tips and tricks that I use regularly as a software developer. — In this post, I will show you 12 JavaScript tips and tricks that I use every day as a software developer. If you prefer to watch a video, the video embedded below will contain the same tips and tricks. Remove falsy values from an array with filter Given the…

In this guide we are going to build & deploy a full stack URL shortener with Node.js, React, TypeScript & MongoDB. You can follow along by watching the video associated with each section, or by reading the guide. Finish repository: https://github.com/TomDoesTech/FS-URL-shortener-tutorial By following along with this guide you will…

Technically it’s not possible to pass props up to a parent in the same way you pass props down to a child. However, this article is going to propose two methods you can use that may help you solve the problem that bought you to this article. The first…

In this article, you will learn how to do the easiest Node.js deployment you have ever seen. The application will be deployed with Docker, docker-compose & Caddy Server onto a DigitalOcean droplet. This guide could be used to deploy a Node.js …

Update: The video for this guide has been updated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWUi6BS9T5Y Please watch the updated version of the video instead, it’s much better. In this guide, we are going to build a REST API with Node.js, TypeScript, and MongoDB. …

In my previous article, we looked at how we can integrate Mongoose and TypeScript to create strongly typed models manually. In this article, you will learn how to create Mongoose models & TypeScript types simultaneously with Typegoose. See final repository: https://github.com/tomanagle/Typegoose-example What’s the problem? Often, the data shapes used throughout…

In this guide, we will be building a GraphQL API with NestJS. NestJS is a NodeJS framework designed for building scalable, efficient, and reliable applications. The framework is open-source and has easy to follow documentation. As a result of following this guide, you will have a GraphQL API built on…