Tuesday night, as usual ended with great technical conversation at Bailey’s Taproom. Bailey’s is basically the epicenter of the Portland tech scene. Almost every programmer, devops, or technical person either goes about once a month or has this establishment as a regular watering hole! It’s great, the atmosphere is chill, the beer is SUPERB, the... Continue reading →

Today kicked off with a monster Reggie Biscuit from Pine State Biscuits. If you live in Portland or are visiting just for the conference and like soul food of the tastiest nature, check it out. My first day ended up not as planned. Instead of attending sessions I ended up meeting a number of people... Continue reading →

Here’s my list of why I’m moving everything to Node.js that I run (i.e. maybe even THIS wordpress blog eventually). Between the enhancements Google gave to JavaScript and the ease of use in writing with the language, it provides the least resistance of any framework and language stack out there. Node.js + Express.js or Bricks.js... Continue reading →

If you’re looking for Part 2… Alright, diving right in. First, get an express.js application setup and install all the dependencies. Creating the Express.js Web Application $ express codingWall create : codingWall create : codingWall/package.json create : codingWall/app.js create : codingWall/public create : codingWall/public/javascripts create : codingWall/public/images create : codingWall/public/stylesheets create : codingWall/public/stylesheets/style.css … Continue reading →

A scenario came up recently that I needed to have Node.js capabilities installed on a server ASAP. That’s a pretty simple request, mostly. I checked into the requirements needed and checked out my options based on that. Tier3 popped up at the top of the list. First a quick instance setup: No real instructions, it’s... Continue reading →