ORM stands for Object-Relational Mapping, which maps between Object Model and a Relational Database like MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL, SQLite, etc. ODM is the abbreviation for Object Data Model that maps between an Object Model and…

This article walks you through a list of the best open-source HTTP request libraries for Node.js in the year 2023. Without any further ado (like talking about the history of Node or explaining what HTTP is),…

In Node.js, we can use the setTimeout function to run a piece of code after a delay. You can call setTimeout directly or use it with async/await. Example 1 – setTimeout This code runs a function…

Mongoose is a great open-source that is widely used when building backend with Node.js and MongoDB. It supports several built-in methods that can help us count documents that satisfy given conditions in a database collection: Model.count({…

This article walks you through a few examples of responding in XML when using Express and Node.js. Besides express, we don’t need any other npm libraries. Example 1: Basic This example creates a list of fiction…

This article shows you a couple of different ways to remove a file or a directory using Node.js. We’ll use modern Javascript (ES6 and newer) and the latest features provided by Node.js core. No third-party libraries…

This article walks you through a couple of different ways to create a directory if it doesn’t exist in Node.js. Using the FS module FS, which stands for “file system”, is a standard module of Node.js…

This article shows you how to install and get Redis ready to use on macOS, Windows, and Ubuntu. macOS The easy and reliable way to install Redis on a Mac is using Homebrew (a free, popular,…

This article shows you a couple of different ways to convert (stringify) objects into query strings in Node.js. Using URLSearchParams API The URLSearchParams class comes with the URL module and is available on the global object…

This article shows you how to enable ES6 import/export in Node.js and use both require and import in the same file. Enabling ES import/export You can use ES6 import/export in Node.js by simply adding “type”: “module”…

Node.js is updated very often to fix bugs, improve performance and add new features. This article shows you how to correctly upgrade Node.js and npm in macOS. The Steps 1. Go to nodejs.org, the official website…

The path module (one of the core modules of Node.js) gives us some methods to simply retrieve the name and extension of a file from a path or web URL: path.basename(path: string, extension?: string): Returns the…