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Sails.js is an exciting MVC framework for Node.js. Recently the team released version 1.0 and today you're going to learn how to use the framework to rapidly build a new website. The hype around Sails.js is real. As a veteran MVC developer, I was impressed with the extensibility, organization, flow,…
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Document databases have become increasingly popular due to their speed and ability to store huge amounts of data or semi-structured data. MongoDB has emerged as a leader in the document database space and, as a consequence, it may be necessary for developers to learn how to interact with MongoDB from…
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Much like React or Angular, Vue.js is a JavaScript view library. When coupled with a state management library like MobX, Vue.js becomes a full-featured application framework. Vue.js is designed to be incrementally adoptable, so you can use as much or as little of it as you like. Like React, Vue.js…
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You've built a React app, but now you need to deploy it. What do you do? First, it's probably best to choose a cloud provider as they're typically low-cost and easy to deploy to.
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In the last article I wrote, I showed you how to host a serverless .NET application using AWS Lambda. In the article, we talked about the history of serverless and how companies are using these types of technology to simplify the process of delivering APIs and functionality faster than traditional…
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Building modern apps with Angular and Spring Boot is a common practice these days. In fact, if I use Google's Keyword Planner to look up popular search terms, it's one of the most popular combinations. The results in the list below are average monthly searches and not limited by location.
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Node.js just celebrated its 11th birthday on May 27! With the state of things nows, it's pretty crazy to think back to the massive JavaScript Renaissance boost of 2009. In case you're not aware, the JavaScript Renaissance began in around 2004 with Ajax, increased exponentially with jQuery in the mid-2000s,…
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SQL injections are one of the most common vulnerabilities found in web applications. Today, I'm going to explain what a SQL injection attack is and take a look at an example of a simple vulnerable PHP application accessing a SQLite or MySQL database. After that, we'll look at several methods…
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ASP.NET Core is Microsoft's latest iteration of its web framework, which boasts many upgrades over the .Net Framework versions of ASP.NET. ASP.NET Core is cross-platform—meaning you can finally deploy your ASP.NET apps on Linux. It's open-source which is a massive departure from Microsoft's previous line of thinking. Most of the…
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Serverless was only first coined as a concept 8 years ago in 2012 by Ken Fromm in The future of the world is serverless. Even with the rise of cloud computing, the world still revolves around servers. That won't last, though. Cloud apps are moving into a serverless world, and…
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Did you make any resolutions this year? One resolution I seem to make every year is to lose weight and exercise. Sometimes I even stick to it.
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One of the more popular combinations of frontend and backend frameworks is Angular + Spring Boot. I've written several tutorials about how to combine the two—from keeping them as separate apps to combining them into a single artifact. But, what about deployment?
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