In the early days of the web, data persistence was only possible with a server. Nowadays, through the use of LocalStorage, we can store data on clients like browsers and mobile apps without communicating with a back-end application.
In this article, we will discuss how developers can store data
For much of JavaScript's life, it was a browser-only programming language and could not run on the server-side like it can now. Because of this, JS has a lot of built-in functions that are specific to browser-side functions, like encoding strings for use in URLs. Some of the most commonly
Defining and calling functions are key practices for mastering JavaScript and most other programming languages. Usually, a function is defined before it is called in your code.
Immediately-Invoked Function Expressions (IIFE), pronounced "iffy", are a common JavaScript pattern that executes a function instantly after it's defined. Developers
There are numerous free hosting services available for getting your Node.js applications up and running publicly. One of these services is Heroku, that allows you to deploy, manage and scale your applications on the web.
In this article we'll be building a simple Node and Express.js application
Once you've written a web application, there are dozens of offerings to get your app online and usable by other people. One well known offering is part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform - Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).
EC2 is a core part of AWS, and a lot
