Currently, with WordPress supporting Markdown, the format has become even more widely used. In this article, Sameer Borate will show you how to use Node.js and the Express framework to create an API endpoint. The context in which we will be learning this is by building an application that converts Markdown syntax to HTML. Along the way, you will also add authentication to your API endpoint, and you will also find ways to test your application endpoint using Postman.
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What is Node in the first place? What is the meaning “event-driven” and “non-blocking” anyway, and how does Node fit into the bigger picture of applications, Internet networks, and servers? In this article, Jamie Corkhill will attempt to answer all of these questions and more throughout this series as he takes an in-depth look at the inner workings of Node, learn about the HyperText Transfer Protocol, APIs, and JSON, and more. An introduction to the backend web application development process.
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For the past few months, Cory Shaw has been building a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application, and throughout the development process he’s realized what a powerful tool Slack (or team chat in general) can be to monitor user and application behavior. After a bit of integration, it’s provided a real-time view into our application that previously didn’t exist, and it’s been so invaluable that he couldn’t help but write up this show-and-tell.
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Ever heard of a text adventure? Text adventures have been replaced over the years by games that present better visuals and, especially in the past few years, the increasing ability to collaborate with other friends and play together. This particular feature is one that the original text adventures lacked, and one that we want to bring back in this series of articles. Today, Fernando Doglio explains the process of how to create an entire engine that is capable of letting you play any text adventure you and your friends enjoy. That’s right, we’re going to spice it up a bit by adding multiplayer to the text adventure genre!
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how can we detect the moment you and your phone are in the kitchen, or bedroom, or living room? With today’s commodity hardware, there are a myriad of possibilities: In this tutorial, Alvin Wan will show you how to build a desktop app that predicts which room you’re in using a simple machine learning algorithm: least squares. The code applies to any platform, but we only provide dependency installation instructions for Mac OSX.
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Many applications today rely on real-time data transfer. As the size of data for each message in our system differs from a few bytes to up to 100MB, we needed a scalable solution that could support a multitude of scenarios. In this article, Dhimil Gosalia explains why you should consider building an in-house Pub/Sub service, too. Through the lens of BrowserStack’s real-world problem, you will get a deeper understanding of the requirements and process of building your very own Pub/Sub.
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When it comes to performance, what works in the browser doesn’t necessarily suit Node.js. So, how do we make sure a Node.js implementation is fast and fit for purpose? Node is a very versatile platform, but one of the predominant applications is creating networked processes. In this article David Mark Clements is going to focus on profiling the most common of these: HTTP web servers.
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Ever find yourself writing the same code over and over again? Sharing code between projects is vital to building software faster, while making your code base simpler to maintain and develop over time. However, the overhead of splitting repositories, refactoring projects, and modifying components from different projects can make it hard to effectively collaborate and share your code. In this article, Jonathan Saring shares his and his team’s lessons learned from their own journey towards simple and effective code sharing.
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How can you gain a better understanding of your audience? Well, one way would be to use user-generated content that can be integrated into Machine Learning (ML) technology. In this article, Jamie Munro demonstrates how you can turn social media content into a powerful understanding of how the people creating the content think. Using the results from Watson, your application can use the categories of interest where the percentile exceeds or is less than a predetermined amount to change how you target your audience.
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The WordPress REST API is a game-changer for WordPress, which can now safely be called a web application framework — not just a CMS. If you’ve been looking for a content-driven solution, Muhammad Muhsin will explain how you can build a SPA WordPress theme with React. Continue reading this article to find out why this is a good choice for your web app’s back-end technology.
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