Uchechukwu Azubuko

Articles: 13

Joined: Nov 04, 2022

Uchechukwu Azubuko is a Software Engineer and STEM Educator passionate about making things that propel sustainable impact and an advocate for women in tech.

He enjoys having specific pursuits and teaching people better ways to live and work - to give them the confidence to succeed and the curiosity required to make the most of life.

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Sending Emails in Node.js with Mailgun and React

Email is an essential method of business communication that is very fast, cheap, and top-free organic. When building products, emails can greatly provide your business with an effective and efficient medium to transmit various kinds of data, electronically. In this article, we will learn how to build a form for...

Uchechukwu Azubuko

Feb 08, 2023·19 min read

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Guide to Building Rest APIs with Strapi

Are you a backend developer looking for a fast and easy way to set up a Node API? Or are you a frontend developer who wants to create and manage a backend using a user-friendly interface instead of coding it from scratch? Look no further, because the Strapi headless content...

Uchechukwu Azubuko

Jan 27, 2023·34 min read

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Guide to Nest.js - Building a REST API with Nest and Node

As a Node.js backend developer, you will agree that by default, Node.js is very bare bones, and makes no assumptions about what you need while building an app. As a result, you are in charge of setting up everything that you want to use across an app, including...

Uchechukwu Azubuko

Dec 06, 2022·46 min read

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Guide to Webpack 5

Back in the days when modularity in Javascript was introduced, there was no way to support modules within web browsers. To fix this issue, module bundlers such as Parcel, Webpack, and Rollup were developed. These helped to optimize multiple modules into a production-ready bundle, which can be executed by browsers....

Uchechukwu Azubuko

Dec 05, 2022·27 min read

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Integrating MongoDB with Node.js

A robust modern-day application has a medium of storing data at its backend such as Node application which is able to work with both non-relational (such as PostgresQL, MongoDB) and relational (such as MySQL, Oracle). MongoDB is a non-relational database that is relatively easy to use and powerful, and if...

Uchechukwu Azubuko

Dec 04, 2022·10 min read

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Upload File with Vanilla JavaScript and Loading Animation

File upload is very ubiquitous to any web application and when it comes to uploading files and resources over the internet (on a browser), things can be somewhat stressful. Fortunately, with HTML 5, input elements which usually come with form control to allow users to modify data can become so...

Uchechukwu Azubuko

Dec 02, 2022·10 min read

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Definitive Guide to Unit Testing in React Applications with Jest and React-Testing

As a developer, one of the things at the top of your list ought to be shipping bug-free code. Nothing could be worse than finding out on Thursday night that the changes you made on Monday broke the live application. The only way to ensure that your app works according...

Uchechukwu Azubuko

Nov 01, 2022·40 min read

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Guide to Exception Handling in Express

Exceptions and errors are bound to occur while users interact with any application, it is up to software engineers to choose a means to handle any error that might arise - knowingly or unknowingly. As a result, backend developers who build APIs with Express find themselves working to ensure that...

Uchechukwu Azubuko

Oct 19, 2022·17 min read

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Scroll to Top in Vue with Reusable Components

In improving the user experience on any website with a lot of content on its web pages, it is common for frontend developers to implement a scroll-to-top functionality through a button, to make things more enjoyable and convenient for users. While users can use the command + up arrow on a...

Uchechukwu Azubuko

Oct 13, 2022·14 min read