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Common Programmer Mistakes When Developing REST APIs in Node.js

Node.js, one of the most popular technologies in recent years, is now used as a backend language on world-famous sites such as eBay or AliExpress. There are also platforms like Netflix, Uber, LinkedIn and even NASA among Node.js users. There were 23 million developers working on Node.js in 2018 and the user list is constantly growing. Node JS is an open source Javascript runtime environment…
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Building a REST API with Node and Express

Imagine you already have a working site. Let’s say your site starts to become more popular over time. If you build your site without thinking it will be popular later on, you will start to respond more slowly to requests. Active users will wait for you to reply to the…
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How To Create An IP Locator And Identifier Using Node And Express

IP locator to geolocation gives you information about your customers’ locations throughout the world. It is an excellent way to provide a personalized user experience that will help you increase your conversion rates and business revenue. With geolocation data you can show prices in your customer local currency calculate shipping rates or even adjust your product offering to take advantage…
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How To Create A News Web App In Node.js With A Media API?

We have been exploring different APIs from the apilayer. In one of the demonstrations, we have utilized Node.js to scrape data from web pages. In this post, we will use Node.js and MediaStack API to create a news web app. So this Node.js web app connects to the MediaStack API and shows results in a user-friendly way with Express, EJS, Axios, and some CSS! Another great API that can be…
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Quickly Add Real-Time Weather Info To Your Dashboards

Real-time weather data is very important. The information allows you to make informed decisions. So, you can avoid abrupt weather changes. In this post, you will learn the way of adding real-time weather data to your dashboard using Weatherstack. Now, let’s dive in. What is Weatherstack? Weatherstack is a REST API that provides historical weather. It has become very popular for…
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