The dynamic programmer

Introducing Time Traveller, date library for node.js (and javascript).

Dates are a pain. So I started to put together time traveller to try to alleviate that paint while working on node.js.

Dealing with errors on node.js.

JavaScript has the usual try catch construct. In node, that's not always enought.

Three weeks of real node.js development.

I have been playing with node.js for the last year and half, maybe more, but for the last three weeks I have been doing real work with it. We are developing a new product and we decided to give node a try. These are my findings and my experience so far.

Node.js web development with Express

I have been researching node.js and the ecosystem around it. Yes, node has an ecosystem, a very vibrant one if I may say. Today I tried a simple web framework that resembles Ruby's Sinatra by the name of Express.

Starting with Node.js.

Installing node.js First, you need a supported OS, like Linux, Mac or Solaris. I will be doing the install on Ubuntu.Go to the node.js download page download the Gzipped file and extract in a folder of your choice in your disk.