Go - Micro-services and Embedded Databases [Part 1]
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
This is fun! FYI - If you’re looking for Part 2, it’s here[.] I’ve been meaning to learn a few of the things I’m going to go over in this post. Firstly, I want to make an actual useful application using Go. I want it to be run as a microservice with it’s own database. Instead of putting it in a docker container, I want to just use an embedded database that the executable can use.…
Fetching data with react
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
What use is an app that can’t persist data? I’m continuing this from my previous post about my efforts to learn about react. I want to be able to persist my data on a server and display it on a web client. To my understanding, this should be pretty simple so I’m going to put that theory to the test. Firstly! We’re going to use a Node.js scaffold that I covered off in a previous posting as our backend for this app.…
Learning React with create-react-app
Friday, August 17, 2018
I’m an Angular kind of guy. I’ve built several front end applications using Angular 1.x and 2+. I’ve built hybrid mobile apps using the Ionic Framework. In this time, I seem to have just completely ignored the phenomenon that is React js. There are so many frameworks that I’ve not even touched but if any of the job postings I’m seeing are an indication, the appetite for React and React Native developers is increasing rapidly.…
Learning Go - Morse Code!
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
I was watching Churchill’s secret agents on Netflix the other day When all of a sudden I got a hit of nostalgia when they got to the portion on morse code. Such an ingenious little method of communcation that I still, to this day, couldn’t follow for the life of me! I took a class on encryption and one of the first concepts they spoke of was morse code. Taking language and transcribing it into a not-so-easy to decipher combination of beeps and blips to send messages over a wire.…
Async / Await in Node.js
Thursday, May 31, 2018
The Async / Await functionality introduced into Node.js in v7.10.0 is legitimately a godsend. The Async / Await paradigm works with promises to do exactly what the paradigm implies. It will asynchronously call the function and await it’s response before continuing on with the rest of the function. Previously, you could do this with promise chaining. Passing results from one promise to the next. Where this issue fell apart is when you needed to use the result of Promise 1 in Promise 4.…
My Concept2 Model D - Let's get after it!
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
In February 2018, I received a service award from work and decided that I would use it to purchase a cardio machine of some sort for my basement gym. I used to go the the gym at my work all the time but once I had a child and my wife returned back to work after mat leave, that option had fallen by the wayside real quick! I applaud those who can get themselves out of bed after only four hours of sleep.…
Yet Another Stateless Authentication Blog Post for the MEAN stack.
Saturday, May 5, 2018
#inb4: this ain’t new. I’m writing this for everyone that wants a slightly more organized approach to express middleware and authentication. I’m writing this because once again I was inspired by how much I adore Node, Express, and all the delights that come from being able to implement my API’s and leverage middlewares. Also, I’m using async / await, which is pretty neat. I’m going to use MongoDB as a datastore it just jives so well with Node.…
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Why your IT friends are always grumpy
Saturday, April 21, 2018
Humor me for a second here. It might just be my company - but I doubt it. Watching VLOGs you see lots of developers that have some common traits: Tired all the time Sarcastic AF Refusal to help you fix your PC at family dinners The meme’s are endless. Note: Google Images stopped letting me follow links here so I’ll have to revisit it. As if to prove the point of my post.…
I got my PMP! With other random thoughts.
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
FINALLY! I’ve mentioned it in previous articles but I’ve finally done it. I got my PMP. The whole process really highlighted a few personality traits that I’ve developed at recently in my life. They’re essentially as follows: I pursue so many things in an effort to claim that I’m too busy. I hate.. hate failing I have too many ideas Since starting down my career path, I’ve made some massive changes to my demeanour.…
Print vs Media - Hoof Thursday, February 1, 2018
TLDR; I learned to memorize by reading and writing paper content I learned to look up using digital content. I find myself continually using indexing and ctrl-f to find information in digital content whereas I actually read and commit to memory when I read physical text and write physical notes. Lessons I learned once and apparently have forgotten since Yep. Awkward, right? Hear me out. I’m studying for my PMP exam (finally) and up until now I’ve been using PDF’s and the like to read and jot down notes.…