Questions tagged [node.js]
Node.js is an event-based, asynchronous I/O framework that uses Google's V8 JavaScript engine.
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Is a SPA still a SPA if SSR is used?
I’m developing a system with separate front-end and back-end components:
The back-end is already implemented with Node.js and Express, exposing REST APIs.
The front-end must be a private SPA, ...
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Should I instantiate controllers in route modules or use static methods?
I’m building a modular REST API using Node.js + Express + TypeScript.
My controllers are defined as classes. In my route files, I currently create a new controller instance, like this:
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Storing 100k keys for bulk retrieval from Azure
We're setting up a device-to-cloud channel using TLS-PSK (Pre-Shared Key), where each device uses a unique key to encrypt communications.
Each key is known only to the individual device that uses it ...
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Is this too much for a modular monolith system? [closed]
A little background before I ask my questions. I've designed a system as an architect based on the requirements given to me by the client. The client has a team or two to three developers which are ...
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How to design a plugin architecture in Node.js?
I have a Node.js application and I want users to be able to develop custom plugins. I have multiple ideas and I am unsure how good they are. I need some tips from more experienced developers.
My first ...
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Is it a good idea to wrap node.js package functions in a micro-service architecture?
Our development team works with a micro-service node.js architecture. This means we work with a very large amount of repositories that currently each take care of their own dependencies.
To avoid ...
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Should you use nested routes within NestJS for a "RESTfull" API
Here is an Example API for managing companies, employees, and their children. My entity relationships are as follows:
company -1:n-> employees -1:n-> children
I’ve structured the API routes ...
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Where to handle Validation Errors in Business logic layer?
I'm currently designing a multi-layered application and am trying to figure out the best practice for error handling within the Business Logic Layer (BLL).
Should I handle errors directly within the ...
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Edge Case For Cookie Based Token Management
I have a React frontend and a Nodejs backend that uses authentication via an OIDC service provider. After a user goes through the SSO authentication flow I store the token (containing a refresh token ...
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Long running process with shared and synced status between multiple browser windows?
is it practical to store the status of a long running process in a redis key to sync the status of process across multiple browser windows of the same page? ( including new browser windows opened when ...
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Is it a bad idea to use NodeJS + Python for back end development? [closed]
I'm working on a platform that consumes and transforms data to make reports and visualize those reports in a client app.
The team has experience with NodeJS and NestJS, and some of us have experience ...
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Node Services and Enum Sharing
I will get to the question in a minute....
We have 2 in house services that either have an API contract between the 2 that involves an enum or the enum value is stored in a shared database.
I don't ...
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What techniques can help me identifying unused dependencies for a production build?
I have certain dependencies in my project like sequelize-auto which are not required in production, since we only need to generate the models once during development. Even if we make changes to the ...
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What really is a "web server" in relation to popular frameworks like Flask, Node.js, Apache?
In Flask you can run a "webserver". Well really it's a "WSGI Server". Well really you shouldn't be using core server features like serving files through HTTP at all, you should be ...
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Balancing logic placement in the domain and general perfomance of the system
I am writing my first application using DDD (in Node with TS) and I started writing all the domain first -- before starting the repositories/DB and then the application, while writing unit tests for ...
