Is node.js a viable alternative to traditional scripting languages like Perl and Python? [closed]

In terms of Node.js, I can’t see it becoming a mainstream way of using javascript as a general purpose scripting language. The main reason for that would be the async nature of 99% of the libraries and functions available in Node.js. Because of the async nature, you have to completely change your thinking. Not having … Read more

JSDocs: Documenting Node.js express routes

I do the following in my code. /** Express router providing user related routes * @module routers/users * @requires express */ /** * express module * @const */ const express = require(‘express’); /** * Express router to mount user related functions on. * @type {object} * @const * @namespace usersRouter */ const router = express.Router(); … Read more

find by _id with Mongoose

Because this query finds the doc in the shell: db.getCollection(‘stories’).find({_id:’572f16439c0d3ffe0bc084a4′}) That means that the type of _id in the document is actually a string, not an ObjectId like Mongoose is expecting. To find that doc using Mongoose, you’d have to define _id in the schema for Story as: _id: { type: String }

Best way to execute parallel processing in Node.js

Should be doable. As a simple example: // parent.js var child_process = require(‘child_process’); var numchild = require(‘os’).cpus().length; var done = 0; for (var i = 0; i < numchild; i++){ var child = child_process.fork(‘./child’); child.send((i + 1) * 1000); child.on(‘message’, function(message) { console.log(‘[parent] received message from child:’, message); done++; if (done === numchild) { console.log(‘[parent] … Read more

How to fix “Error: The server does not support SSL connections” when trying to access database in localhost?

Here I provide a workaround for the question, and not the title of this post. A better answer to the post overall would probably address configuring SSL for the local machine. I arrived here trying to resolve the problem of finishing that Heroku tutorial mentioned in the question and setting up the Postgres database to … Read more

Hata!: SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'divattrend_liink'@'localhost' (using password: YES)