Who needs servers anyway? Fun with Azure Functions
In the beginning, there were servers...…
Building a Weather App with Node, Express, Webpack & React Part 2: Weather APIs
In Part 1 we managed to get everything set up, but haven't actually built any features related to the weather yet. We'll change this in part 2 with some integrations with third party services.…
Building a Weather App with Node, Express, Webpack & React Part 1: Setup
In part 1 we're going to set up a basic Express.js server, which serves out a barebones React.js application. Together, these will form the backend and front end frameworks for our eventual weather app.…
Building a Weather App with Node, Express, Webpack & React: Intro
In this series I'll give a step-by-step rundown on how to build a simple Weather App using Node, Express.js, Webpack & React (powered by the Dark Sky weather API).…
Build, Watch and Serve your Node.js App with one Command
Running multiple terminal windows to develop your JS app? There's a better way!…
Automate Your Node.js & React App Deployments
There's a better alternative to manually copying files to your server. Automate your deployments with Gitlab's free build service.…
Starting a Node.js App automatically on RapsberryPi
When developing Node.js apps, we often want them to start automatically and run in the background when the server (or, in this case RasperryPi) boots. One of the easiest ways to achive this in Raspbian is using the systemctl service, which effectively allows us to turn our app into…
Replacing the Rails asset pipeline with Gulp
Using Gulp to compile SASS and JS in Rails…
Umbraco's DependencyHandler - ClientDependency (dependencyhandler.axd)
An explanation of Umbraco's ClientDependency, and some common issues and troubleshooting tips.…