Christian Danielsen cdanielsen

Node.js Deployment

Steps to deploy a Node.js app to DigitalOcean using PM2, NGINX as a reverse proxy and an SSL from LetsEncrypt

1. Sign up for Digital Ocean

If you use the referal link below, you get $10 free (1 or 2 months) https://m.do.co/c/5424d440c63a

2. Create a droplet and log in via ssh

I will be using the root user, but would suggest creating a new user

Here's an example of how to debug Mocha v4 if it hangs.

Ensure you're using a Node.js 8 or newer (or any version with async_hooks support).

If you run your test, you'll notice it hangs:

$ mocha test.js

Hi Nicholas,

I saw you tweet about JSX yesterday. It seemed like the discussion devolved pretty quickly but I wanted to share our experience over the last year. I understand your concerns. I've made similar remarks about JSX. When we started using it Planning Center, I led the charge to write React without it. I don't imagine I'd have much to say that you haven't considered but, if it's helpful, here's a pattern that changed my opinion:

The idea that "React is the V in MVC" is disingenuous. It's a good pitch but, for many of us, it feels like in invitation to repeat our history of coupled views. In practice, React is the V and the C. Dan Abramov describes the division as Smart and Dumb Components. At our office, we call them stateless and container components (view-controllers if we're Flux). The idea is pretty simple: components can't

	docker pull docker.bintray.io/jfrog/artifactory-oss:latest
	docker run --name artifactory -d -p 8081:8081 docker.bintray.io/jfrog/artifactory-oss

	# In browser open http://localhost:8081 and follow basic steps

	# Add new remote repository: http://localhost:8081/artifactory/webapp/#/admin/repositories/remote
	# URL: https://registry.npmjs.org
	# RepositoryLayout: NPM default

	# Add new virtual repository of type "Generic" using remote repository above

	# Logs
	logs
	*.log
	npm-debug.log*

	# Runtime data
	pids
	*.pid
	*.seed

	# Simple PowerShell script to load-test / test REST api with headers and cookies.
	# Harald S. Fianbakken

	$headers = @{
	"Accept"= "application/zip";
	"Accept-Encoding"= "gzip,deflate,sdch";
	"My-Token-ID" = "This_is_a_test";
	};

	function Create-Cookie($name, $value, $domain, $path="/"){

	source 'http://rubygems.org'
	gem 'rspec'
	gem 'capybara', :git => 'https://github.com/jnicklas/capybara.git'
	gem 'launchy'
	gem 'ruby-debug19'