Showing a convenient way on how to use Secret Manager to securely pass sensible data as environment values to Google App Engine (GAE) services running with Node.js.
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Secure configuration management for a GCP cloud function in Node.js
Creating a convenient and production-grade configuration management for a GCP cloud function in Node.js using Secret Manager and the secure-config package. Includes a complete example project on GitHub.
Default Node.js process.env variables in GCP cloud functions and app engine
Discovering the default process.env variables provided in cloud functions and app engine services on Google Cloud Platform covering Node.js 16, 18 and 20 as well as Gen1 and Gen2 functions. Including a simple project for retrieving the values.
CommonJS vs. ESM/ECMAScript cheat-sheet
Short comparison of the most common statements in CommonJS vs. ESM/ECMAScript for importing, exporting and in your package.json.
Destructuring nested object properties in JavaScript
Quick tutorial on how to use destructuring for accessing nested JavaScript object properties.
Convert an existing NodeJS project from CommonJS to ESM / ECMAScript
A quick guide for converting your existing NodeJS projects from CommonJS to ESM/ECMAScript. Including Express, Jest, Supertest and ESLint.
Moving MongoDB from local installation to Docker – Fedora migration guide
Complete guide for moving an existing local MongoDB installation to newer versions of Fedora using Docker. Also useful if you are looking for getting a MongoDB container up & running on Linux with locally hosted data.
Express: passing dates in an URL using route parameters including regex validation
Showing an elegant way on passing dates to your REST API’s and webservices using Express route parameters and regex validation standard features.
Query min/max values with additional non-grouped fields in MongoDB
Practical example demonstrating how to query for min/max values of grouped documents in MongoDB including additional non-grouped field values using $push, $map and $filter aggregation operators.
MongoDB: add/update fields referencing other existing fields using aggregation pipelines
Short explanation on how to add or update fields in documents referencing the values of other already existing fields by leveraging the aggregation pipeline framework.