There are multiple ways to make HTTP requests in Node.js. We can do so using the standard HTTP/HTTPS module, of course, or we could use one of a number of npm packages that make our lives much easier.

In this post, we are going to see code examples of the native HTTPS module that comes built-in with your Node.js installation as well as npm packages like Axios, Got, SuperAgent, and node-fetch. Let’s get cracking!

In JavaScript, we generally use arrays to represent data or manipulate data, so using JavaScript array functions is very helpful. For instance, if we query a database we will most likely get the rows as an array of objects. Where each object represents a row in the database.

In this post, we will learn about 10 JavaScript array functions that are going to help you easily work with data in the JavaScript arrays. Let’s get started!

Kubernetes is super effective on running cron jobs as well as other web application workloads. Kubernetes cron job is a special kind of Kubernetes job that runs on a time-based schedule. In this post, we will focus on how to run optimally configured cron jobs on Kubernetes.

If you are developing any Node.js application, nodemon is one of the necessary weapons in your arsenal. Learn how to install and effectively use nodemon to automatically restart your Node.js application on every relevant file change. Do you want to restart your Node.js web server and save loads of development time? In this post, we are going to see how you can utilize Nodemon with any Node.js application easily.

Memoization is simply caching the output of a function so that the consequent calls just use the cached result eliminating any heavy computation. Memoization in Javascript can also yield amazing performance benefits, given it is implemented properly. Do you want to make your javascript code run much faster? In this post, we will have a look at a practical example of javascript memoization. Spoiler alert: you will not see a Fibonacci or factorial mentioned in this post.

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