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Mocha Chai Notes

by John Vincent

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This stuff ends up sprayed everywhere, so let's create a reference document.


Server Logging with Winston

by John Vincent

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Logging has many challenges. It is very important to be able to get the right logging messages for any given situation.


JSBin

by John Vincent

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Putting all of this stuff here so it doesn't end up sprayed everywhere.


RSS Feeds and Jekyll

by John Vincent

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RSS (Rich Site Summary, or Really Simple Syndication) is a type of web feed which allows users to access updates to online content in a standardized, computer-readable format.

Configuring RSS Feed with Jekyll is straightforward. Let us begin.


Google Maps APIs

by John Vincent

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Making Maps is easy using the Google Maps APIs.


Jekyll SASS Fonts

by John Vincent

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This article describes how to sass include 3rd party fonts.

  • bootstrap
  • font awesome
  • ionicons

Jekyll SASS Integration

by John Vincent

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SASS compilation could be performed by Jekyll or outside of Jekyll. Let's take a look.


Google Fonts and Webfontloader

by John Vincent

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Discussion about Google Fonts and how to best load them.


Nginx Proxy Google Analytics

by John Vincent

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Page Speed flags browser caching of Google Analytics. The following is a way to address this.

I have seen this documented somewhere else, this is my implementation.


Integration testing in a Mongoose world

by John Vincent

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Take the restaurants app and implement Integration Tests using a faked database. Setup continuous integration with Travis and deploy to Heroku.


Add Integration testing to Blogging App

by John Vincent

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Add Continuous Integration to the Blogging App. Deploy to Heroku using MongoDB database at mLab.


Node Basic authentication and access control

by John Vincent

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Build app to demonstrate basic authentication.


Add Integration Tests to Mongoose blogging app

by John Vincent

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Now it's time to practice writing integration tests for MongoDB backed Express apps.


Add Mongoose to blogging app

by John Vincent

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Take the blogging app, implement Mongoose layer and deploy to mLab and Heroku.


Integrating Mongoose into an Express app

by John Vincent

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Understanding the fundamentals of working with Mongoose in an Express app.


MongoDB in the Cloud

by John Vincent

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Setting up a MongoDB Database is straightforward.


MongoDB Basic Drills

by John Vincent

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Basic MongoDB Drills.


MongoDB Shell Basics

by John Vincent

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MongoDB Shell Basics


Installing Mac MongoDB

by John Vincent

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This article refers only to Mac


SASS Mixins

by John Vincent

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