Technological and coding misadventures!
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
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
NPM has helped to build on the massive Node.js popularity and drive JavaScript from a simple scripting language in the web browser to a powerful and capable back-end server language. A quick refresher, NPM stands for Node.js Package Manager and each package is made up of: a folder containing a program described by a package.json... Continue reading
A few months ago I posted a poll to ask what courses I should put together next. I just wrapped up and am putting the final edits and finishing touches on a Pluralsight Course on distributed databases, focusing on Riak. On the poll the top three courses, by a decent percentage of votes included the... Continue reading
So I sat down and hacked up a new version of Adron.me. I snagged a site theme and skin from Theme Forest and ran with it. Broke apart each of a few sections to get a minimally viable site up within 24 hours. I got interrupted a few times with a few other things I... Continue reading
