The Fastest Way to Build a Quick Starter App with Express.js

Over the years I’ve used Express.js many times as a quick getting started example app. Since I often reference it I wanted to provide a short post that shows exactly what I do 99.9% of the time to start one of these quick Express.js reference apps. I’ve detailed in this post how to get started... Continue reading →

WebStorm JavaScripting & Noding Workflow Webinar Recording

Today the JetBrains team wrapping up final processing for my webinar from last week. You can check out the webinar via their JetBrains Youtube Channel: For even more information be sure to check out the questions and answers on the JetBrain WebStorm IDE blog entry. Some of the questions include: Q: How to enable Node.js... Continue reading →

Some JavaScript API Coding With Restify & Express & Hacking it With cURL …Segment #2

Ah, part 2! If you’re looking for part 1, click this link. Review: In the last blog entry I went through more than a few examples of using cURL to issue GET requests against various end points using Node.js & Restify. I also covered the basics on where to go to find cURL in case... Continue reading →

Some JavaScript API Coding With Restify & Express & Hacking it With cURL …Segment #1 (with some Webstorm to boot)

So often I end up putting together some RESTful services (or the intent is to at least build them with that premise, but we all know how that ends up). The API URIs routing gets put together and one wants to take a crack at the service as soon as possible. Here’s a quick guide... Continue reading →

Deploy a Framework Friday #4 Some Node.js .gitignore Cloud 9 IDE Sharing toward Cloud Foundry / Iron Foundry Deployment

Today’s “Deploy a Framework Friday” is a little bit of a diversion. Today Richard (@rseroter) and I dove into Cloud9IDE (@Cloud9IDE) to try out some pair programming with the online IDE sharing. We made some minor progress with Matt (@matt_pardee) & Eric (@ang3lfir3) jumping in for a few minutes. The intent of this effort was... Continue reading →