17Nov

23. Node.js Lessons. Domains, asynchronous try.. catch. Part 1.

Hey all! Our topic for today is Domains.

Domains are one of the Node.js options lacking both in standard JavaScript and browser versions of JavaScript. Domains were created to catch any asynchronous errors. For instance, if we look at the server that we’ve explored in one of our previous articles (download the lesson code from here for your convenience), we will see that everything is ok when it’s working

01Nov

22. Long Polling Chat, POST Reading. Pt 2.

So, whatever we type, we see the same message to be sent. Let us fix it. We send messages with a POST method. In order to read this method from req, we need to work with it as with a stream. So, let us look at the following scheme that describes a request’s lifecycle, in particular of the req and res objects.

27Oct

21. Node.js Lessons. Writable Response Stream (res), Pipe Method. Pt.1

Our next step will be using the streams to work with network connections. And we will start from delivering files to a visitor. As you may remember, we’ve already had a task like this: if a visitor requires the following url, you will give him the file. Let us create a file pipe.js with the following code (for your convenience, you can download code’ lesson from the repository because we’ll need an HTML file from there):

25Oct

20. Node.js Lessons. Data Streams in Node.JS, fs.ReadStream

Hey all! Our topic for today is Data Streams In Node.js. We will try to learn all the aspects in details for the reason it turns out that on the one hand, common browser JavaScript development lack streams. And on the other hand, knowing and understanding stream principles is necessary for seamless server development because a stream is a versatile way of work with data sources universally used.

21Oct

19. Node.js Lessons. Safe Way to a FS File and Path

This article will deal with how to create a web server in Node.js, which will return a file to a user from a public directory. You may wonder: why do we need Node.js here? Why can’t we use another server? You question surely does make sense. Yes, for returning files other servers are generally more effective. From the other side, Node.js works pretty well, too. Second, before returning a file it can also perform some intellectual activities: for example, refer to a database, check out whether a user is permitted to access the file and give the file to him, if it’s permitted.

20Oct

18. Node.js Lessons. Work With Files. Fs Module

Dear friends! The key goal of our today’s lesson is to learn how to work with binary data and file system. Node.js contains fs module to work with files, which includes a number of functions for various operations with files and directories.

05Oct

Why Startups Fail? Part 2

Let’s continue our list!

11. Lose Focus (13%)

The basic idea of a startup is almost always changing. Sometimes startups are doing a full project’s restart using new ideas. And when you think over the possibility to add some secondary functions, which “would not hurt.” That’s where the main and unique idea gets lost among others.

05Oct

Why Startups Fail? Part 1

CB Insights interviewed startup founders about why they failed, and sorted these reasons into 20 distinct categories. You’ll notice that the sum of the percentages exceeds 100%, because many startups fail for more than one reason. This is not a complete list of the causes of failure, just those you can control, we hope that you’ll find some necessary items that will help you in the future.