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Base64 encoding is a way to convert data (typically binary) into the ASCII character set. It is important to mention here that Base64 is not an encryption or compression technique, although it can sometimes be confused as encryption due to the way it seems to obscure data. In fact, the...
Scott Robinson
One of the best ways to exchange information between applications written in different languages is to use the JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) format. Thanks to its uniformity and simplicity, JSON has almost completely replaced XML as the standard data exchange format in software, particularly in web services. Given the extensive...
We'll be going over how to extract information from a URL in Express.js. Specifically, how do we extract information from a query string and how do we extract information from the URL path parameters? In this article, I assume you have some experience with Node.js and creating Express....
Python is a unique language in that it is fairly easy to learn, given its straight-forward syntax, yet still extremely powerful. There are a lot more features under the hood than you might realize. While I could be referring to quite a few different things with this statement, in this...
When we talk about UNIX based programming, it's usually about the shells, terminals, and the command line interfaces. The most prevalent shell in this regard is Bash but there are other variants available and used widely as well, like Zsh or the Z shell. In this article, we'll attempt to...
The package.json file is the heart of all npm packages and no matter what you might have in your project, one thing is for sure: there will always be a package.json file. Out of the many things contained within the package.json file, dependency management is what we...
Throughout your programming career you'll find that there are quite a few times you need to extract a substring from another string. Strings are one of the most common data structures, so this comes up often. I bet you could tell me how to do it in your favorite programming...
If you know about JavaScript then you know about NPM; it’s the default package manager for Node.js which is an open source runtime environment. Developers use NPM because not only does it provide an easy way to maintain the code but it also helps them when they have...
For a long time, user authentication on the web consisted of storing some very simple data (like a user ID) in the user's browser as a cookie. This worked pretty well (and still does for many applications), but sometimes you require some more flexibility. Traditionally, to get this flexibility you...
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