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Scaling a Node JS Application

Whenever we build an awesome product we first build it standalone but sooner or later it attracts more users and then our minds start thinking about how to accommodate more users and there comes the need of scaling the application. Generally scaling means providing more elasticity to the application so that it can sustain the high influx of users and run smoothly without any glitches.

Software scalability is an attribute of a tool or a system to increase its capacity and functionalities based on its users’ demands. Scalable software can remain stable while adapting to changes, upgrades, overhauls, and resource reduction

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Decoding the Merits of MEAN Tech Stack for Your Organization

This decade has witnessed numerous shifts in the technological domain resulting in quick and sustainable advancement. One of such advancements in the arena of technology is the MEAN tech stack which resonates with a pioneering version of web development. 

Being an abbreviation of MongoDB, Express.js, AngularJS, and Node.js, MEAN stack stands to synergize these components and make them easy to use for developers. Many of the brands or companies that we know today have used MEAN stack for seamless development, quick speed, user convenience, and performance enhancement. A few of such names are Gmail, Netflix, Forbes, YouTube, LinkedIn, PayPal, and The Weather Channel. 

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Future Javascript: Javascript Pipeline Operators

Pipeline operators are an upcoming feature to Javascript which gives us another way to pass values through a series of transformations. It gives more context to what developers were trying to achieve when they wrote their code and allows us to do some cool things to boot. Here, we'll take a quick look at pipeline operators, how they work, and how you can use them today.

Javascript Pipeline Operators: Support

Currently, no browser or server-side ECMAScript implementation (like Node.JS) supports pipeline operators. You can, however, get them to work using Babel 7.15. You can learn more about installing Babel here, but suffice to say this will allow you to add pipeline operators into your code.

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Deno JS: Introduction

Joke

The story ages to the time of dinosaurs. The gigantic reptiles that flourish on Earth millions of years ago. After completing their time, they extinct. As Justin Timberlake said, "what goes around, Comes back around". The same happens to dinosaurs, in this digital age they return with a slang name DENO. Again a bad analogy to start with, please pardon me with this.

Definition

So according to, deno.land,  Deno is a simple, modern, and secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript that uses V8 and is built in Rust, and Tokio. Sounding like Node it is made by the developer, Ryan Dahl, of its anagram. As a first time user for deno, it felt like a node in a new package there is a substantial difference between the two on which we will be coming in the latter part. 

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Building Micro-Frontends With Single-spa, React, and Vue

When I see something new and controversial like this, I always want to try it out myself to see what all of the hype is about and also so I can form my own opinions about the subject.

This led me down the path to creating a micro-frontend application that rendered two separate React applications, along with a single Vue application.

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How to Build an iMessage Extension for a React Native App (Part 1)

I will show you how we built an iMessage extension by writing a bridge for our React Native-based mobile app. This approach took our team around two weeks to explore and might save you significant time if you have a similar intention. This is part one out of two of the walkthrough.

When we set out to build an iMessage extension for Lisk Mobile using React Native, we immediately hit an exciting challenge. As it turns out, when it comes to third-party applications, Apple likes developers to play by their own rules. If a company wants to benefit from the tech giant's operational systems and rich user base, it needs to be built using Apple's own tools and programming language. iPhone's iMessage is definitely worth this hassle. It has proven to be a big hit since its release in 2016. Within the first six months, iMessage has generated thousands of innovative in-messenger extensions, including those created by Airbnb and Dropbox. Late in 2018, Mark Zuckerberg admitted this feature is one of Facebook's 'biggest competitor by far.' Since the release of Lisk Mobile during Lisk's Berlin meetup in October 2018, our team has been busy implementing features such as Face ID Authentication, as well as developing blockchain-specific solutions. Identifying the opportunity to extend the iMessage option for our users, we got to work on our own integration.

The iMessage extension was included in Lisk Mobile 0.10.0, which was released in February 2019. Our users can now request and send LSK tokens straight from the iOS-based messenger without opening our app. However, the journey to implement this feature wasn't straightforward. Lisk Mobile is written in JavaScript using React Native, while iMessage requires development in native iOS. During our research, we have found there is just a handful of resources available to help with using React Native to build iOS extensions available out there. There was no clear way to proceed. After thorough deliberation, we have decided to try a different approach by building our own bridge implementation. We found it a very educational and motivational journey for our team to develop the feature in this way. We will show you how, by breaking the solution down into native and React Native parts, and describing how to bind these separated parts together.