frameworks
Learn FeathersJS by Building a Simple CRM App
· ☕ 17 min read
We have previously seen a simple todo app using FeathersJS(and NeDB). Feathers makes it really easy to develop an API or a real-time app by providing a super-powered baseline that can be extended quickly to create a useful app. However, the example provided earlier does not provide a set of features anywhere near the real-world experience.

Fastode Server Framework
· ☕ 2 min read
Fastode is an experimental boilerplate / framework based on Fastify. Why another boilerplate? Well, I just wanted to experiment with technologies to create MVP products. Although I have used NestJS, AdonisJS and friends before, those frameworks, while being great, bring their structure and overhead to any project. I wanted to check how difficult or easy it is to just start with a bunch of basic features and leave everything else to the project.

A story of company case studies and API testing
· ☕ 3 min read
#rant that none asked for. I came across this whitepaper on testing micro services. I clicked on this link because I am writing microservices now but I am fairly new to microservices. I did a mistake that I have repeated 1593 times in the past. The said link was a resource by one of the big IT service providers.

Fastify and its plugins are great
· ☕ 3 min read
I had been meaning to use more of Fastify for work, but only made that a reality recently. So far I have had a great experience on the server framework. What is Fastify? Fastify is a low-overhead server framework built on top of NodeJS. Fastify was started in late 2016 and jumped to v1.

npm run does nothing at Svelte startup
· ☕ 2 min read
I was getting back to Svelte for a small project and ran into a strange issue. npm run dev did not run the svelte app as expected - no output or errors. First I create a new project. 1 2 3 4 npx degit sveltejs/template awesome-project-1 cd awesome-project-1 npm i npm run dev And, I get greeted with nothing.

Unlock FeathersJS power with a todo client
· ☕ 4 min read
Create a simple to-do client using FeathersJS. We saw a quick tutorial on creating simple FeathersJS API yesterday. Let’s unlock the full power of Feathers by using its client library and consume the API created in the earlier post! Install and initialize project We will use plain Javascript and HTML with Feathers client-side library for the purpose of this demonstration.

Create a simple to-do API with FeathersJS
· ☕ 4 min read
Create a simple to-do API using FeathersJS v4. FeathersJS v4 launched yesterday, and I wanted to see what changed. Of course, I wasn’t going to write a post just about v4 - I have not kept up with the Feathers ecosystem. So, let’s refresh our mind and soul by building a quick API and see how the story develops.

Create a simple to do app using Svelte and GraphQL
· ☕ 6 min read
Let’s create a simple ‘to do’ application using Svelte and GraphQL. The objective is to demonstrate getting started on a GraphQL query and insert operation in a Svelte component. If you are new to Svelte, you may want to go over what Svelte can do from the official site, or see Svelte quick overview.

Get Started on Svelte
· ☕ 6 min read
The typical Javascript frameworks love playing the middleman. They continue playing that role at development and at run time. Svelte is not your typical middleman - instead the framework lays out the path during build, and completely hands over to standard Javascript at runtime. If that does not pick your interest - I don’t know what will 😜.

Javascript Frameworks - Expert Breakdown
· ☕ 2 min read
tldr; There are experts, and there are experts. Recently I came across evidence for time travel. I am referring to this blog post from 2016 - and outlining the same here in full glory. Popular NodeJS Frameworks Hapi, Meteor, Derby? Those were the days when Javascript was trying its super powers and finding itself on the good side - each and every time.

Top Javascript Frameworks for 2019 (Yes, clickbait)
· ☕ 3 min read
tldr; There is no spoon. Longer version There is no one answer. Choose one, and get the job done. Even longer version Javascript is versatile and blah blah. But, how should you begin your search for the right framework? It took me no less than 3-4 weeks to get acclimatized with the nuances and settling down with a favourite framework.

Using Lucid vs. Database Raw in AdonisJS
· ☕ 2 min read
Lucid ORM, the official ORM of AdonisJS, is based on knex.js. It is one of the friendlier ORMs that provides the ease of using a readable syntax along with a better performance than some of the feature-heavy ORMs. But, I have been recently torn between using one or the other.

Manage incremental changes to database in AdonisJS
· ☕ 2 min read
Use database migration utilities in Adonis to its complete potential. Carry out incremental updates - may it be a new table, or changes to existing table using distinct migration files that are version controlled. You have a beautiful Todo application that has a todos table with the following columns: description status end_date Now, let’s say our users ask for a new field called planned_end_date.