Finding the right Node.js WebSocket implementation

A journey with ws, Socket.IO, Engine.IO, and Primus

Callbacks vs Coroutines

A look at callbacks vs generators vs coroutines

Introduction to Functional JavaScript

History, programming paradigms, abstractions, basics

History

JavaScript was a functional programming language even before it got its name! Back in 1995 Netscape…

Recursion

Recursion, Tail Calls, Proper Tail Calls, Examples

Recursion is the process in which a function is called by itself, either directly or indirectly. Recursion allows you to write some very elegant code. But when using recursion you need to be aware of…

Testing Hapi Services with Lab

A primer on Lab

Creating a basic site with Koa — pt.1

Koa.js — A next generation web framework for node.js

The Dark Side of Scrum

How Agile became Scrum & what’s next …

An attack on publisher freedom

and the power abuse by npm Inc.

GIT Conventions

These are my personal conventions, mix and match or ignore, but at least have some form of convention for yourself and your team! :)

Respect Existing Project Conventions

Money and Open Source

tl;dr - The current situation isn’t optimal

We need to figure out better ways to fund open source software. This is a problem I’ve thought a lot about over the last few years, and what follows is a long exploration.