Aniuchi Adaobi

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Sending Notifications with node-notifier (Mac, Windows, Linux)

Notifications provide a great way to engage users of your applications and can be used to provide or solicit feedback. In this tutorial, we will be examining how to send notifications using Node.js and node-notifier. node-notifier is a library for sending cross-platform native notifications in Node JS. Creating a...

Aniuchi Adaobi

Dec 15, 2020·7 min read

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Working with Images in Node.js - GraphicsMagick and ImageMagick

As images have become an integral part of the web, the need for image processing becomes ever-present. There are various libraries and binaries that are used for image processing in Node.js, two of which are GraphicsMagick and ImageMagick. ImageMagick is an open-source image processing software for creating, modifying, and...

Aniuchi Adaobi

Sep 30, 2020·11 min read

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Generating PDF Files in Node.js with PDFKit

The PDF format is one of the most common document formats for transferring information. In dynamic web applications, you might need to export data into a document and PDF is usually a popular option. In this article, we will discuss how to generate PDF files in NodeJS using the NPM...

Aniuchi Adaobi

Sep 23, 2020·8 min read

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Making HTTP Requests in Node.js with node-fetch

A web application often needs to communicate with web servers to get various resources. You might need to fetch data from or post data to an external web server or API. Using client-side JavaScript, this can be achieved using the fetch API and the window.fetch() function. In NodeJS, several...

Aniuchi Adaobi

Sep 15, 2020·8 min read

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Reading and Writing CSV Files in Node.js with node-csv

A common development task is reading data from files. A common file format is the .csv format. While you can read CSV files using the fs module that comes with Node and get the content of the file, in most cases, parsing and further conversion is much easier with the...

Aniuchi Adaobi

Sep 07, 2020·6 min read