Building MEAN Apps with Cosmos DB I've released a new video series that shows how to build MEAN apps using Cosmos DB. Each video in the series will be a couple of minutes and show how each part of the application works. The first video is out now (see below)! I build a lot of apps with MongoDB, Express, Angular and Node (MEAN). MongoDB just works so well with these, but recently I've been using Cosmos DB on Azure in its place because it's easy to use, scale, is super fast, and I don't have to change how I code. Cosmos DB makes it easy to step right in where I used to use Mongo, because it let ..read more

Recently I had a great opportunity to sit down with the amazing Sam Artioli to build a flexible Node app from scratch. I love coding on the fly, and I love pair programming with awesome developers. That’s why I enjoy filming these Play by Play videos. You can watch Sam in action here. Here is the description of the video with me and Sam … In this video, NodeJS expert Sam Artioli builds a web app from scratch. You’ll learn how to set up a Node app, build a web API with Express, integrate with MongoDB, and cache HTTP results with Redis. You’ll also learn some expert techniques, such as offloadi ..read more

Building MEAN Apps with Cosmos DB - Part 6: POST, PUT and DELETE with Cosmos DB I've released a new videos series that shows how to build MEAN apps using Cosmos DB. Each video in the series will be a couple of minutes and show how each part of the application works. This next video shows how to code the POST, PUT, and DELETE APIs to connect to the MongoDB database with Azure Cosmos DB, using Mongoose. This video series explores: Exploring the Angular, Express, Node, and Cosmos DB app Building the Node.js and Express.js app, along with the Angular CLI Angular and Express APIs Creating and De ..read more

Building MEAN Apps with Cosmos DB - Part 5: Querying Cosmos DB I've released a new videos series that shows how to build MEAN apps using Cosmos DB. Each video in the series will be a couple of minutes and show how each part of the application works. This next video shows how to connect to the MongoDB database with Azure Cosmos DB, using Mongoose, and query it for data. This video series explores: Exploring the Angular, Express, Node, and Cosmos DB app Building the Node.js and Express.js app, along with the Angular CLI Angular and Express APIs Creating and Deploying Cosmos DB Querying Cosmos ..read more

Building MEAN Apps with Cosmos DB - Part 4: Creating and Deploying Cosmos DB I've released a new videos series that shows how to build MEAN apps using Cosmos DB. Each video in the series will be a couple of minutes and show how each part of the application works. This next video shows how to create the MongoDB database with Azure Cosmos DB, and deploy it to Azure. This video series explores: Exploring the Angular, Express, Node, and Cosmos DB app Building the Node.js and Express.js app, along with the Angular CLI Angular and Express APIs Creating and Deploying Cosmos DB Querying Cosmos DB P ..read more

Building MEAN Apps with Cosmos DB - Part 3: Angular and Expres APIs I've released a new videos series that shows how to build MEAN apps using Cosmos DB. Each video in the series will be a couple of minutes and show how each part of the application works. This next video shows how to create the UI with Angular and connect to the Express APIs. I build out the Angular component to show the heroes list, and to allow editing, inserting, and deleting of heroes. I create the Angular service that connects to the Express APIs and run it in the browser! This video series explores: Exploring the Angul ..read more

Building MEAN Apps with Cosmos DB I've released a new videos series that shows how to build MEAN apps using Cosmos DB. Each video in the series will be a couple of minutes and show how each part of the application works. This next video shows how to create the app. One of the best ways to create a MEAN app is to start with the Angular CLI to generate a starting point. We'll use this and extend it to include Node.js and Express.js, to serve our future APIs to the Angular app. Then we'll test out an API to make sure it works. This video series explores: Exploring the Angular, Express, Node, a ..read more

Building MEAN Apps with Cosmos DB I've released a new video series that shows how to build MEAN apps using Cosmos DB. Each video in the series will be a couple of minutes and show how each part of the application works. The first video is out now (see below)! I build a lot of apps with MongoDB, Express, Angular and Node (MEAN). MongoDB just works so well with these, but recently I've been using Cosmos DB on Azure in its place because it's easy to use, scale, is super fast, and I don't have to change how I code. Cosmos DB makes it easy to step right in where I used to use Mongo, because it let ..read more

Recently I had a great opportunity to sit down with the amazing Sam Artioli to build a flexible Node app from scratch. I love coding on the fly, and I love pair programming with awesome developers. That’s why I enjoy filming these Play by Play videos. You can watch Sam in action here. Here is the description of the video with me and Sam … In this video, NodeJS expert Sam Artioli builds a web app from scratch. You’ll learn how to set up a Node app, build a web API with Express, integrate with MongoDB, and cache HTTP results with Redis. You’ll also learn some expert techniques, such as offloadi ..read more