Archive - Cesare’s Newsletter

How to implement a logout method in an Express application

Destroying the session to log out a user

Jan 22, 2020 •

How to save a JSON web token secret into an environment variable

Use config/secrets.js for all your web application secrets

Jan 30, 2020 •

How to save user sessions in the database

Using Connect Session Knex to store session information

Jan 23, 2020 •

How to restrict access to an API endpoints with an Express middleware function

Using sessions to authenticate users in an Express application

Jan 21, 2020 •

Designing a database schema for a REST API

How to start designing a database schema with DB Designer

Jan 6, 2020 •

How to create a join query with Knex

Retrieving data from two join tables in a REST API

Dec 31, 2019 •

How to use Knex migrations to change database schema

A look at how to create migration files with Knex

Dec 19, 2019 •

Creating a virtual environment in Python

Like in many other languages, Python gives us the possibility to create an environment specific for each project we work on.

Mar 10, 2020 •

Working with a data model in Express

Creating an Express API that returns data from a database

Nov 15, 2019 •

How to verify a JSON web token after login

Creating a middleware function that verifies a JWT token in a web API

Jan 29, 2020 •

Triangle of asterisks

Using a loop to print to the console in Javascript

Oct 22, 2019 •

Database seeding with Knex

Why and how to seed a database in a REST API application

Dec 26, 2019 •

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts