Jan 26
Pretty cool little site to test out python directly inside your web browser (found via Hacker News):
http://syntensity.com/static/python.html
You just type in some python code and press the “Execute” button. Now, sure, it doesn’t have support for much outside the very core language… and you could get all of that by simply flipping …
Jan 25
Are you struggling to understand “event-driven” programming? Are you having trouble wrapping your brain around “blocking” vs “non-blocking” I/O? Or are you just trying to understand what makes Node.js different …
Jan 22
Interesting set of slides around using Node.js in a production setting – and the choices these folks made around the technology stack they used:
Jan 21
It turns out to be ridiculously simple. After my testing yesterday, I learned via a comment from Ryan Dahl, that:
all you do is have your Node.js app listen on the IPv6 address.
That’s it.
UPDATE 28 Jul 2014 – As a result of a Reddit thread I’ve seen traffic to …
Jan 20
Given all the writing I’ve been doing lately about IPv6 and about Node.js, it was only natural for me to try combining them. I pay for a VPS over at RapidXen and upon request they will provide you with an IPv6 address block (for free). So I’ve been using it as a …
Jan 19
Want to understand more about this Node.js thing I’ve been writing about here? Want to learn why people are raving about it? What the community is all about? What you can do with it?
If so, you can head on over and listen …
Jan 18
Have you been experimenting with Node.JS (as I have) and wished you had a place to host your Node.js apps? If so, you may want to check out NodeFu.com, a new hosting service that just launched today.
Created by my friend and …
Jan 18
What I didn’t say in my last post about the NodeTuts video tutorials was how I have been watching the episodes. Yes, indeed, I’ve been watching them while running or walking on our treadmil… this morning I ran 4 miles and went through two of the Node Tuts episodes (11 and 12):
Jan 16
In my continued interest to learn more about Node.js, I was recently pointed to an enjoyable set of video podcasts called “Node Tuts” and available at:
In each episode, host Pedro Teixeira walks you through how to perform some task using Node.js. He uses a combination …
Jan 15
Want to learn more about the Git version control system? I recently was pointed to a new site called Git Immersion that provides some great, simple, step-by-step tutorials to get you started with using git. I …
