This post is based on content from my recently published book, Distributed Systems with Node.js. If you're interested in building Node.js services, especially those that interact with external systems, then I highly recommend checking it out. It contains ... (more…)

There are always challenges when it comes to debugging applications. Node.js' asynchronous workflows add an extra layer of complexity to this arduous... (more…)

Given how vitally important running your site in HTTPS is, it's disappointing how high the barrier to entry is. Some services like Heroku do make it easy to set up, but you will have to pay for that simplicity.

You can now develop AWS Lambda functions using the Node.js 14.x runtime. This is the current Long Term Support (LTS) version of Node.js. Start using this new version today by specifying a runtime parameter value of nodejs14.x when creating or updating fun... (more…)

Node PDF is a set of tools that takes in PDF files and converts them to usable formats for data processing. The library supports both extracting text from searchable pdf files as well as performing OCR on pdfs which are just scanned images of text... (more…)