Tag: Learn-Node-JS

Sending Email Using Node.js — SitePoint

Most web applications need to send email. It may be for registration, password resets, status reports, though to full marketing campaigns such as newsletters and promotions. This tutorial explains how to send email in Node.js, but the concepts and challenges apply to whatever systems you’re using. You’ll find plenty of email-related modules on npm. The […]

How to Build a Simple Web Server with Node.js — SitePoint

Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment allowing developers to build server-side applications outside a browser. It can be used to build mission-critical production applications that perform extremely well. In this practical guide, we’ll look at how you can create your web server with Node.js. Key Takeaways Implementing a simple web server with Node.js. […]

Using JSON Web Tokens with Node.js — SitePoint

One of the biggest challenges in building an API is authentication. This is one of the most significant attack surfaces an API has. Proper authentication helps avoid security threats and ensures that only the right users can access the required data. Authentication used to be straightforward when teams were working with server-side applications. A simple […]

An Introduction to Node.js Multithreading — SitePoint

JavaScript runtimes use a single processing thread. The engine does one thing at a time and must complete execution before it can do anything else. This rarely causes problems in a browser, because a single user interacts with the app. But Node.js apps could be handling hundreds of user requests. Multithreading can prevent bottlenecks in […]