Error handling is one section of our job that we tend to neglect, especially when working on something new, interesting, or something we just need to get working. We’ll handle errors later, we say — and that’s often a big lie. But that’s not even the worst part. The problem comes when we decide to ‘quickly’ add some code to handle our errors and completely forget about the importance and relevance of a properly constructed error message.

Errors happen in every application. Devs have to decide: do you write code to handle the error? Suppress it? Notify the user? Report it to the team? In this article, Ayo Isaiah walks us through every aspect of the JavaScript error system. He'll show us how to work with errors and discuss appropriate choices for real-world scenarios.

Node.js v17.0.0, the latest major version of the popular JavaScript runtime, has just been released. It supersedes v16 in the Current release line of the runtime. V16 is now in line to be promoted to the long-term support (LTS) channel on October 26, 2021, as it’s an even-numbered release. Despite being a relatively minor update, this release brings several refinements to the runtime, including more promisified APIs, JavaScript engine upgrades, and OpenSSL 3.0 support.

Docker is a software platform that enables packaging an application into containers. These containers represent isolated environments that provide everything necessary to run the application. Dockerizing an application refers to packaging it in a Docker image to run in one or more containers. Dockerizing an application involves specifying everything needed to run the application in a Dockerfile and then using the file to build a specialized Docker image that can be shared to multiple machines.

OAuth2 is everywhere. From "Login With Facebook" buttons to back-end API authentication. But how does it work? In this article, Diogo Souza will give us a gentle introduction to the big concepts behind OAuth2, then walk us through implementing it in Node.js.

NodeSource from the beginning was created with a great commitment for the developers’ community, that is why it has provided documentation for using the NodeSource Node.js Binary Distributions via.rpm, .deb as well as their setup and support scripts. We are also aware that as a start-up you want ‘Enterprise-grade’ at a startup price, this is why we extend our product to small and medium-sized companies, startups, and non-profit organizations with N|Solid SaaS.

Production debugging in its current form is a relatively new area of technology that aims to make it easier for developers to solve problems in their code. More often than not, we don’t have all the information we need to solve those hard to reproduce bugs. This leads to long hours of debugging, adding more log lines, and creating separate reproduction environments to try to isolate and reproduce problems.

We are very excited at NodeSource with the arrival of N|Solid Version 4.6.0. 🚀 In this release you will find a bunch of cool functionalities that will make your life as a developer and software team, easier. With even greater precision you will be able to monitor your Node.js projects better than ever!