Using “require” statements (commonJS syntax) in your server side code while writing “import” and “export” statements (ES2015 syntax) for your front end makes writing javascript a bit weird. The reason for not having import and export statements for modules is that node parses modules a bit differently than how they...
If you have been doing front-end development recently, the chances are that you would have heard about Webpack multiple times. In fact, most of the starter kits are built using Webpack Dev Server. The implementation and configuration are hidden by wrappers above it so that the developer continues working on...
GraphQL is a query language and a runtime for data querying over an API. It is something that you put in between your front-end application and a backend data service. The first question that comes across in people’s mind is that we already have REST, what problem can then GraphQL...
Since npm is an open platform, anyone can publish packages to it. And thus the security impact of using npm in an application can make some people paranoid. Since a lot of projects today are written using node, node.js security should become an important part of your workflow. Node security platform is...
Let us all face it. It is 2017 and many of us are still fighting over tabs versus spaces! And nobody cares what code style you use, the main concern is that you should be having one across your project. And the fact that it should be consistent across your...
Note: If you are interested in seeing the implementation of this using retrofit, refer to our other post about Using Retrofit 2 for parsing JSON in Android. I recently got back to developing native Android applications after a long time and the first task of any large-scale application begins with...
Before coming to the discussion about Webpack, let us first discuss how web development has evolved over the past few years and why we even need a build tool for something like Javascript. The problem with loading javascript files The only way to load javascript in an HTML document is...
We use email every day and most of the times the BCC is a crafty little feature that we rarely use. Usually, it is for confirmation emails for events to multiple people, or something similar. The only other time I have personally used it was when I had to send...
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