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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
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As a web developer, it's important that we try to respect the user's privacy as much as possible, but that doesn't mean there aren't times we need to know the general location of the user. There are many valid reasons to need to know their location without violating their privacy....
Scott Robinson
When making the switch from CommonJS modules to ES modules, there are a few differences you'll notice. One error you'll likely run into is "Uncaught ReferenceError: __dirname is not defined in ES module scope". This error is exactly what it sounds like, the global __dirname variable is not...
A common error you'll run into, especially when transitioning from writing JavaScript in the Node runtime to writing JavaScript in the browser, is "Uncaught ReferenceError: require is not defined". The two environments have different ways of importing modules, so trying to import code in the browser like you...
A common error we see, especially among people who are new to JavaScript, is that they try to use the import statement when CommonJS is being used, which only uses the require statement. This results in the error "Uncaught SyntaxError: cannot use import statement outside a module". If...
Relative paths are convenient in that they specify the path of a file relative to the current working directory. However, they can also cause some issues due to ambiguity, and having the absolute path of a file is needed to be more explicit and avoid errors. Here we'll see how...
Axios is a JavaScript library that uses the Promise API to create HTTP requests with http in Node.js runtime or XMLHttpRequests in the browser. Because these requests are promises, they work with the newer async/await syntax, as well as .then() functions for promise chaining and the .catch() mechanism...
Joel Olawanle
Multipart/Form-Data is one of the encoding types that allows files to be included in your form data before it's transferred to the server for processing. Other encoding types can be used to achieve non-file transfers: application/x-www-form-urlencoded - Encodes data as a query string - separating key-value pairs (assigned...
Asaolu Elijah
Nodemon is an open-source utility package that keeps track of the changes made to your source code and restarts your project server automatically when new modifications are made. It also offers some unique features, such as the ability to watch a directory rather than simply files, as well as to...
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