Merging is not the only utility that can integrate changes from one branch onto another. In this article, we look into rebasing and learn how we can use it as an alternative to merging. The basics of rebasing In the previous part of this series, we’ve learned that merging can result in an additional merge commit. This […]
When working with branches, we often need to synchronize our changes. When doing so, we can implement different approaches. In this article, we explain how merging works and discuss various situations. During that, we will touch on the subject of the fast-forward merging and different merge strategies. The basics of merging The job of the git merge command […]
Express JavaScript NestJS Testing TypeScript
In the previous part of this series, we’ve focused on unit tests. This time, we look into integration tests. In this article, we explain their principles and how they differ from unit tests. We write a few of them using Jest to test our services. We also look into the SuperTest library to test our controllers. […]
Testing our application can increase our confidence when it comes to creating a fully-functional API. In this article, we look into how we can test our application by writing unit tests. We do so by using some of the utilities built into NestJS, as well as the Jest library. If you would like to get […]
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript. Any JavaScript code is a valid TypeScript code, as long we set the compiler not to be strict. Therefore, TypeScript aims to be as flexible as possible so that it can apply to various situations. In this article, we look into type compatibility in TypeScript and explain what a […]
When we build an application, we create many entities. They often somehow relate to each other, and defining such relationships is an essential part of designing a database. In this article, we go through what is a relationship in the context of a Postgres database and how do we work with them using TypeORM and […]
Express JavaScript NestJS TypeScript
NestJS strives to focus on the maintainability and testability of the code. To do so, it implements various mechanisms such as the Dependency Injection. In this article, we inspect how NestJS can resolve dependencies by looking into the output of the TypeScript compiler. We also strive to understand the modular architecture that NestJS is built […]
Sometimes we need to perform additional operations on the outcoming data. We might not want to expose specific properties or modify the response in some other way. In this article, we look into various solutions NestJS provides us with to change the data we send in the response. You can find the code from this […]
NestJS shines when it comes to handling errors and validating data. A lot of that is thanks to using decorators. In this article, we go through features that NestJS provides us with, such as Exception filters and Validation pipes. The code from this series results in this repository. It aims to be an extended version of […]
Authentication is a crucial part of almost every web application. There are many ways to approach it, and we’ve handled it manually in our TypeScript Express series. This time we look into the passport, which is the most popular Node.js authentication library. We also register users and make their passwords secure by hashing. You can find all […]
